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Discussion Topic  RE: These are scientific names?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I always liked sodamide and phthallic acid (silent th. especially if you are remotely estuarine). Th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What goes around comes around... (in Potpourri) by Graham Nice
I teach the Chemistry of the fabric used to make white socks, Terylene (which has an excellent etymo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
This is all part of the homogenisation of English regional accents. In my youth, you would hear all ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Latest Additions to OED's Edition (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Cheap white sparkling wine, available from UK supermarkets at <£5 a bottle. It is a very good alt......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Opposites attract (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Essential Oils - oils that smell which are of no use whatsoever...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tamp down (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Tamp down sounds fine. Damp down is barely literate and doesn't quite work. Tamping is what you do ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin ordinal numbers? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
School years and sports teams sometimes have roman numbers, and I have seen both lower VIth (for low......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Foreign (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Sadly, foreign does seem to have negative connotations. Therefore, to distance myself who uniformly ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A BBC delicacy! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
The battle has been lost over data - I am sure that its singularity is now listed in one of the big ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Bee-coz defininitely, hence its shortening to cos. Bee-coors is one of those affected pronunciation......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Negatives (in Wordplay) by Graham Nice
There is nothing wrong with saying it is not unlikely. Dramatic under-statement is part of the write......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Adjectives?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Apparently, this is something that has died out of modern languages, but is to do with adverbifying ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Ros Have you ever heard ir peaks being called troughs?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yanks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Newcastle are Geordies, those from Sunderland are Makems and from Hartlepool, they are monkey-hanger......
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Discussion Topic  RE: England, Great Britain and The United Kingdom (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I go away for two days and this gets going and excellent stuff it is too. One thing I have always w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: England, Great Britain and The United Kingdom (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I would be pleased if Americans could distinguish the British from Australians....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vocal (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
The two versions of Reggie provide comprehensive proof in arguments over which country produces the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophes again (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
After a sluggish hiatus, both the aps and fota boards are looking quite good at the moment (albeit v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A ___ from ___ (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
We had a record called Double Dutch twenty years ago by Malcolm Maclaren, so I know all about the ph......
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