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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Many. Paw, pore, poor and pour - for example. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Simply to be awkward I ferquently treat teenage slang expressions literally. The current favourite,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As CJ says, there are regional differences in pronuciation, even in so small a country as England. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Kalleh. You might not say "I" exactly as I have written it. But you do say "I" in a different way fr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote: "Bob just had me all settled down about why bright had a diphthong; you say a diphthong does......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Cockney rhyming slang, like all living languages (in other words, unlike French!), is developing and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Celebrated Popping Sprog of Manitoba Provence (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have never heard the expression used in the UK in quite this way, although "sprog" is a common eno......
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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "i" in fine is a dipthong since the word is (in UK English at least) pronounced rather like "fah......
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Discussion Topic  Less and Fewer - a new slant in "The Times" (in The Written Word) by Richard English
An article recently appeared in The Times whose author was trying to make the point that the disctin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I said, that is the theory. However, as I also said, I believe it's more a matter of moderation. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The theory is that, if you drink a small amount of whisky after a belly-full of beer all that will h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Officially a shandy (or shandygaff) is beer and lemonade. If it's made with ginger beer then it's a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "I leart how things are spelt". (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "nt" construction is very common in UK English but not in US English. I do not know how the alte......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote: "Go" = "Scapa Flow" or "Scapa" is correct. Scapa Flow is where the Royal Navy has a large ba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The definition in the beer dictionary is quite correct although less comprehensive than my own. Ric......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Did you know that, in the entire panoply of Sherlock Holmes stories, that phrase was NEVER used? Ri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Excellent. You must also be a very slim woman - unless you left the car via the sunshine roof! In f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I had always assumed that was why they couldn't park in confined spaces. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Proununciations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "In the UK paw, pour and pore are homophones" Whe I was in primary school (I would have been......
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Discussion Topic  Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The posting in the Rainbows thread prompted me to start a thread about that underrated verse form, t......
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