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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Another contemporary reference is the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, Spanish b/v, d, and g are all soft (lenited) between vowels. They're only explosive as in Engli......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Right, well 705 clinches it. There appears to be no evidence ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The terms lenis and fortis, weak and strong, are ones I consider of only marginal value in phonetics......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms for Sexual Intercourse (in Potpourri) by aput
discussing Ugandan affairs...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well, the whole thing is wildly anachronistic, but as Cornwall is the modern name of a place, it's n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Horsey Talk (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Pig's trotters are, I think, pig's feet used as an article of food. And no, I've never heard of anyo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Subordinate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It sounds like a formal, neutral term to me. I do detect that there could be a pejorative whiff abou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Across the lifespan (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually no. I was puzzled by it at first, then thought it must refer to goods or products, or perha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Brevity in writing (in The Written Word) by aput
But you only feel doubt because you know, in this case, the right fact, and it jars. Say it said the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ramone, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Rowan (though I don't know if it's from the tree)....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ramone, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This fits a general rule of English phonology: nouns don't have final stress, unless they end in cer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Most important book? (in The Written Word) by aput
Coming ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: so that? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word needed for new web-spam (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
All of the clones should have some kind of identifying small print like "ripped off Wikipedia under ......
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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: Why so few words of 'color'? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The book that suggests female activities were specifically important to language evolution is probab......
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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: 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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