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Discussion Topic  RE: Belt and braces (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I know about the UK/US English distinction between braces/suspenders and suspenders/garters, so I kn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Just for the record, from the Greek ταυτος (......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
The usual etymology for french ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms for teachers (in The Written Word) by zmježd
There have been a few students who I thought should get a G or an H....
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Discussion Topic  RE: man up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
It's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Interesting, Tinman. Of course [sic], course and curriculum are related to the Latin verb also. So, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I do remember sliderules, but I don't think I ever learned that the part with the line on it was a c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Collector words (in Potpourri) by zmježd
Anthologist :-- a collector of bouquets of flowers. Botsdotsist :-- a collector of those shiny bumps......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Yes, cursor "runner" and current "running" and cursory all stem from that famous verb in Latin curre......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The curse of cursive (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
It seems in the late 18th century. The term was borrowed from the French adjective ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I have come to the not unsurprising conclusion that "untranslatable" means different things to diffe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: Over to (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
It does occur. I googled "go over somebody's house" and got 52k ghits. It may be AAVE....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warlpiri rampaku (or Light Warlpiri) (in Potpourri) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: Attention Kalleh: e-word sighting (in The Written Word) by zmježd
Maybe the author was unaware of the English term ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: freekeh (in Potpourri) by zmježd
Never heard of it....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sea (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sea (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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