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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: 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  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have ridden motorcycles ever since I was old enough so to do. When I went to Martha's Vineyard a f......
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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: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Two things. The best English pubs have two or more bars the names of which vary but "public" and "s......
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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  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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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Arnie's definitions are as I learnt them and I believe correct for UK English. The OED suggests tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I think it was Sir Malcom Sergeant who, when he heard John Cage's silent work, said that he hoped th......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Are you speaking of US English or British English? The answers are different for each language. In......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I can't speak about US Law (or for that matter, Scottish or Northern Irish Law) but I do know that i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: anagrams (in Wordplay) by Richard English
A recent "buzz-theme" in the UK is "Performance-related pay". Or, as some of us might aver, "Mere e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is quite common to read, in the less worthy press, statements along the lines of: "...Half the sc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Common, but usually incorrect and permissable only when needed to avoid ambiguity as in my "U's; US;......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This has been discussed at great length on the FOTA board and the usual bugbear is the apostrophe's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I heard somewhere that you could tell a person's nationality by the way in which he would react if a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Two Ive heard are "elephants" and "Brahms" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I am forced to conclude that there are as many euphemisms for getting drunk as there are for matters......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The study of personal space is known as proxemics and is fascinating. Apart from the, clearly accur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There is a similar word already - pixelated - which means to divide into pixels (as of a computerise......
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