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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions (in Potpourri) by arnie
The producers go out earlier and ask 100 people the same question. The idea is that the contestant g......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb answers to quiz show questions (in Potpourri) by arnie
Another "Family Fortunes" gem: Q: Name something red. A: My shirt. I mentioned this in Saturday's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Backwards words (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cognoscenti (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences: article in The Economist (in Potpourri) by arnie
A thoughtful article that raises some very good points. Thanks for drawing it to our attention, shuf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
Scots are likely to say "aboot", but the English, Welsh and Irish would say "about". All of us prono......
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Discussion Topic  Out of the Mouths of Babes... (in Potpourri) by arnie
A six-year-old boy came home from school one day and proudly announced he had learned how to make ba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The London Beer Flood of 1814 (in Potpourri) by arnie
I've never heard of it either, but the Meux name adds versimilitude. The Friary Meux brewery used to......
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Discussion Topic  Suitable names (in Potpourri) by arnie
I seem to remember a thread on this subject some time back, but I can't find it at the meoment. Wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More favorite words.... (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  Huh? (in Potpourri) by arnie
I just checked the Web site of my local train company to see if my train home tonight would be delay......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
I wouldn't say that "commence" is old-fashioned. It sounds slightly more formal than "begin" or "sta......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
Bob has answered your message pretty comprehensively, so I'll content myself with a couple of commen......
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Discussion Topic  Desking (in Potpourri) by arnie
I saw a delivery truck from an office furniture suppliers parked near my work today. On the side wer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
I have watched the British version of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
Well, we only count floors that are built. A one-storey building is built on the ground and so there......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
If you were completing a form in England, the answer is yes. The ethnic origin of quite a number of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by arnie
In the case of the lady from Birmingham the best phrase would probably be "Afro-Caribbean"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
If you don't like the words it sounds like, don't use it. Other people will probably use it anyway, ......
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