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Discussion Topic  RE: I know we see these all the time but... (in Potpourri) by arnie
Yes, Bob, that's how I read it too. That appears to place it in category 2. of your list above: 'nov......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Parse this! (in Potpourri) by arnie
Word salad to me. It reminds me of Chomsky's "Colorless green dreams sleep furiously"....
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Poll  RE: Limerick Poll: Japan (in Wordplay) by arnie
That's eight votes cast. We don't usually get that many. Time for a declaration methinks....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prescrptivists International (in Potpourri) by arnie
Chinese culture, like the Japanese, is by all accounts rather more 'polite' than that of the West. I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know we see these all the time but... (in Potpourri) by arnie
Indeed. People say that a (Catholic) priest has 'broken his vows of celibacy' if he has had sex, not......
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Poll  RE: Limerick Poll: Japan (in Wordplay) by arnie
Or 5....
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Poll  RE: Limerick Poll: Japan (in Wordplay) by arnie
There is of course that famous limerick by the prolific poet Anonymous: There was a young man of Ja......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bon appétit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
This all sounds reminiscent of Nancy Mitford's and others' 1950s ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know we see these all the time but... (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Funny headine (in Potpourri) by arnie
"Primate" comes from the Latin ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bon appétit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
We do have 'gusto', meaning 'with relish', so it is obviously related to taste....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Exhibition (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I it means 'scholarship' essentially. It's rare; I think it is only used in public (US: private) sch......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know we see these all the time but... (in Potpourri) by arnie
It wouldn't matter anyway, he's so set in his thinking and sure he's right and other people are all ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know we see these all the time but... (in Potpourri) by arnie
Simon Heffer? I might have guessed. I'm sure the man has never read a modern dictionary. As already ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lecture (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Yes, Fry was sent down for credit card fraud. For details of his troubled youth see his autobiograph......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bon appétit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I doubt ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lecture (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Or, in the case of Stephen Fry's peers, "Madeira Monocle"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Funny headine (in Potpourri) by arnie
That's a particularly useless photo with the article tinman linked to. It shows an empty street that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Photocopy machine? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Weird....
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Discussion Topic  RE: bespoke (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Not all that often these days, but it's still in use. Most (men's) suits are sold ready-made nowaday......
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