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Discussion Topic  RE: Do you question everything? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Would you be able to explain it for me? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gilbert and Sullivan on computers? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The term "Bud", and the name "Budweiser" is owned by Anheuser Busch in the USA and thus the brewers ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Big Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I agree with many of the comments. There are some fine authors who have not been represented (and I ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do you question everything? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
What game? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Had it not been for the alternative word for start, we would not have had Stanley Holloway's wonderf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
A baseball playoff's what, pray. Its goose egg? Which term means, in the UK, an ovoid part of the r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Remember, in UK drinking parlance kegs and casks are not the same. Casks are the barrel-shaped conta......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Misuse of pronouns (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I saw a policeman with his dog in the pub; he was scratching his ear with his foot. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unpaid merchandise (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or of course you could exchew the use of the passive voice altogether and say something like, "...pl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Phronesis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The date celebrates the founding of the brewery and not the beer. Honeydew is a fine beer (as are a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lothario (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the past it was common to refer to a "gay lothario", that is, one who treated his affairs in a li......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbs: let's have some action! (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
There is, of course, an icon at the bottom of the page that says "click for more information about t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Highly improbable since I refuse to let a drop of that foul concoction pass my lips. And considerin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I suggest that both "I got" and "I've got" are grammatically correct constructions although they can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
One thing which we should never forget is the difference between the written and the spoken word. Ex......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
1. It's is an abbreviation for both "it is" and "it has". 2. "It has got" (or it's got) is perfectl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Ugly and frowned upon by purists although it's probably grammatically accurate. It is also unecessa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I can understand how sad it must make you feel that you just aren't able to "chat over a beer" in th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's simple. You walk on the floor. The word floor has several meanings, one of which is "storey"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's always called that unless there's some special designation - say a hotel lobby or reception. ......
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