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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Kalleh I would agree with you, Duncan, though I also am not a linguist or a logician.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by KallehTinman, Thanks! That was so interesting. I had always thought that people who said "I could care l...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Sci-fi foods (in Wordplay) by KallehThere was an article in the Chicago Tribune today saying that scientists have engineered pigs rich i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Anxious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehThat's what I get for looking in the OED, and not the AHD! Thanks, Tinman. It's a good explanation...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by KallehI can't explain the difference, mark, because I never use "whilst." I always thought they were the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Anxious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehI have wondered how the word "anxious," besides meaning uneasy or worrisome, came to mean to be exci...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by KallehSo which is it, what Arnie says or what Richard says? Arnie indicated above that "plenty" in Englan...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Scintillating (in Potpourri) by KallehI made an innocent enough comment in a meeting today, and got laughed at...uproariously. All I said...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Baby boomers (in Potpourri) by KallehI was at meeting last week with about 35 people to discuss the future of nursing. The facilitator a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Leery (in Potpourri) by KallehI suppose we will never know for sure, though the COED's entry sounds convincing. I had checked the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Letter writing (in The Written Word) by KallehWhile I was in the Boston metropolitan area, I read a local newspaper article about how letter writi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Sleeping in (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehInteresting, Asa. I assume that in "sleeping over" it's a preposition, right?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Leery (in Potpourri) by KallehI would think the adjective for ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by KallehThanks! You are good. I always like fun rhymes.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word tessellation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehI heard a talk today where the woman used the word ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words What not to tell your editor... (in Potpourri) by KallehToday was election day in Illinois. The Chicago Tribune published a lighthearted article about what...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by KallehWhile Mrs. O'Leary's big cow, Could have kicked and then taken a bow, Urban myth, it is said, Is whe...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word A bawdy limerick wanted... (in The Written Word) by KallehCJ wrote this delightful limerick that is one of my favorites: Much more than the sound of a schw...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Legalese (in Potpourri) by KallehLawyers can't even announce their raises in an understandable way. Here is the email a young lawyer...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Word Inventing Contest (in Potpourri) by KallehToday Nathan Bierma writes about the August 2, 1998, Washington Post Style Invitational that asked r...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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