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Discussion Topic  RE: 'll' sound is some English accents (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The London sound is variously notated. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: refugee (in Potpourri) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: One sentence or two? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I am equivocal. Exclamation marks are definitely within the sentence in cases like: Alas! that ever......
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Discussion Topic  RE: strange plurals inside the wordhoard (in Potpourri) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: strange plurals inside the wordhoard (in Potpourri) by aput
There are two possible grammars for these constructions. The relative clause can attach to either th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double cross (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This is a perfect opportunity to mention a word famously used in only one context. Churchill switche......
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Discussion Topic  RE: datum and data (in Potpourri) by aput
zmjezhd's point is more than that. The example sentence is thoroughly ungrammatical, whatever you tr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British Bit (in Potpourri) by aput
It seems to be an idiom of long standing. Here's a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Periodic Table (in The Written Word) by aput
Ah. Now I foresee a definite grammatical problem here. Almost the only thing that's going to work fo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vilipend (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Does it contain ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vilipend (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's long been one of my favourite words, for its sheer sound coupled with its splendid weight of me......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Premature what? (in The Written Word) by aput
An otherwise mere vulgar insert is rendered masterly by 'at stool'....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jerry did WHAT? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
They're not the same: jerry-building is incompetent, but jury-rigging is merely temporary, and is co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Salutations (in The Written Word) by aput
I've always preferred that too. I described myself earlier as possibly old-fashioned, because a lot......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jerry did WHAT? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Phonetically, jerry-rig seems to be an alteration of jury-rig by association with the unrelated and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jerry did WHAT? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well this is interesting. The original term is jury-mast, a temporary or helping mast, and from that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms make a mulligan for wrecklessness. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Never heard of 'mulligan'. And 'wrecklessly' has some 7000 ghits, many of which are evidently intend......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Britannia (in Potpourri) by aput
The original personification was on Roman coins, with some of the attributes of the later representa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Hard words' from "River Horse" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
Indeed, the Macbeth is why any reasonably educated person should know 'incarnadine', as it instantly......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Salutations (in The Written Word) by aput
I use "Dear Madam/Sir" for an unknown addressee, and also use the standard distinction of "Yours fai......
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