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Discussion Topic  RE: Pharming (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
An unfortunate word, because pharming is well-established as meaning pharmaceutical farming. I would......
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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: so that? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Any adjective can be used on its own in noun-like positions in certain contexts: The poor will alway......
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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: "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: 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: 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: Misuse of Words - What annoys you? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Technically that's rubbish. In English (that's English the human language, not the made-up imaginary......
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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: Misuse of Words - What annoys you? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
They aren't being misused. Apart from 'adaption', which I don't know that I've ever heard or seen, a......
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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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