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Discussion Topic  RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's odd. The terms Britain and British are widely used, and indeed indispensable, they being our fl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is it still dirty if I at least TRY to clean it up? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think 'my turn in the barrel' is picturesque enough that it could be used on its own by someone wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 100? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
1337speak for loo?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word for the air bubble in an egg. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's a bit confusing. As far as I can tell, the technical terms air cell and air sac are both used f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Derring-do (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'Plow' was not its original spelling. The German is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ruthless (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Those meanings look right on what I know: el-i melek 'god-my king', b-o 'in-him', na`m-i 'pleasant-m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I don't know, "us + N:subj" is grammatically as normal as "we + N:subj" everywhere in the English-sp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ruthless (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
There is no way you can get any part of "compassionate friend" out of the Hebrew (or in fact Moabite......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ruthless (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's just the abstract noun of 'rue' = regret, as 'truth' and 'troth' are from 'trow' = believe, or ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Elegant (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The bell-shaped curve may be graceful, but it's distinctly inelegant in some ways. The general equat......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How broad is the word 'spam'? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Chaff. I think that's the right term for the little strips of aluminium that nuclear-equipped aircra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word needed for new web-spam (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I propose wikipollution. When I look up factual information now I need to try and work out what to s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Elegant (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I wouldn't call it academic or a buzzword. It's a term common in mathematics, and in sciences like p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's she like? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Or Angela Brazil (which, by the bye, is pronounced Brazzle): ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Language Hoax (in Potpourri) by aput
Mark Liberman at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dyke" or "Dike"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The spelling 'dyke' just looks a bit more normal for all senses. Certainly I would only use 'dyke' i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Squaw" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The etymology is in no serious doubt. Massachusett [skwa] or similar, '(young) woman', from Proto-Al......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is Grammar Dead? (in The Written Word) by aput
If teachers "correct" children who say it, then it's grammatical for the children, because it's what......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is Grammar Dead? (in The Written Word) by aput
'Me and my dad' is definitely grammatical for almost everyone, and is almost certainly the most gram......
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Discussion Topic  RE: She's dead but I still talk about her. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
... followed a few hours later by present rigid. Continuing states take, or can take, the present t......
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