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Discussion Topic  Quid-ity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
How much money do you brits mean when you refer to "a quid"? And more importantly, why do you use t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sparks redux (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Agreed, Kalleh. But you can find the the word 'gerbes' in discussions in the fireworks industry, as......
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Discussion Topic  Sparks redux (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  Phobias seen (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Our popular ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by shufitz
Richard, you use the term "imperial gallon". Am I correct in understanding that this measure does n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Great Mokusatsu Mistake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
An article in today's paper concerns cross-cultural miscommunications, though not specifically words......
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Discussion Topic  Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
It would sound terribly old fashioned to call a ladies man a "masher" or a "sheik". And if you call......
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Discussion Topic  Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
From the Wall Street Journal of last Thursday: Over the centuries, Europe has given the world some ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Valentine's Day -- ah, Love (in The Vocabulary Forum) by shufitz
Kalleh, I trust that was not an aspersion upon my degree of physical attractiveness?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Characters from Charles Dickens (in The Vocabulary Forum) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  RE: Weird and Wonderful Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  RE: Initial Caps (in Potpourri) by shufitz
In defense of Richard, I quote Bob's own favorite non-Carrollian quotation: "A foolish consistency ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by shufitz
My very vague recall is that theologians uses the phrase "exquisite agony" to refer to the suffering......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Great Mokusatsu Mistake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Apparently there was concern after 9/11 that bin Ladin's remarks might be "off" in translation. And......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Challenger/Colombia crews tribute (in The Written Word) by shufitz
>>> How much do you want to bet it's about beer? Hope so. I'm passing the celebratory pin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The verb "to suck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Enthusi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Challenger/Colombia crews tribute (in The Written Word) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  RE: While looking up the spelling of something else... (in Wordplay) by shufitz
I beleive the name ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fiction vs. Nonfiction (in The Written Word) by shufitz
Mailer says that fiction is easier to write than non-fiction, because the facts already exist? My......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Great Mokusatsu Mistake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Hon, I don't think that story is nonsense. You mentioned it to me as one of two stories a colleague......
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