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Discussion Topic  RE: Cutlery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Basically, 'cut' comes from some Scandinavian word, though the recorded exemplars are not enough to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cutlery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The OED is missing the required nuance then: while it shows that AmE preserves the original sense of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cryptozoology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Certainly. There's nothing intrinsically impossible about many of the cryptid stories -- just very v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Judas goat (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Another useful employee is the Tennessee fainting goat. It has a genetic defect that means its legs ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reoccur; recur (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I look rather askance at 'reoccur': for me the natural term for this is 'recur', and I think I've ch......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cutlery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Cutlery for me is knives, forks, spoons and the like (I hadn't even registered the possible connexio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Fortuitously" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
If he meant 'fortuitously', it's unexplained why it is. It would be fortuitous if they had decided t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Looming deadlines (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, I'd read that. That's what I meant by 'unknown'. :-)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Looming deadlines (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The words are unrelated. The noun is an old word originally for any tool (as in 'heirloom'), while t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bucket vs. Pail (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
For me, and I can only speak for standard southern English not involved in specialist occupations, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Singular or plural (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Both agreements are common, so there's no question of either being 'improper'. Structurally the rel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Follett: UK vs. US (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Have you seen a resurgence? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In my work I am constantly reading text like "its profile has witnessed a thrilling resurgence recen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "anabasis" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Xenophon's work covers both the entry into Persian territory and the subsequent need to retreat back......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old/Middle English to Modern (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Huh! King Alfred founded the Navy. I use 'translation' for OE to MnE, which are different languages......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Epicaricacy" found! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
But 'Schadenfreude' did become an English word. And in that case, the given first citation is indeed......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Epicaricacy" found! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well no, it's used as a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Precious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
We sneaks up to the nassty goblinses with it and we wrings their neckss, yess we does....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Auschwitz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually Belsen doesn't seem to fit nearly as well as Auschwitz. It's a bit hard to web-search for n......
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