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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It wasn't geography (they said) but frankly anyone who thinks Mexico is a state (or Orlando for that......
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Discussion Topic  No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I was watching a quiz show. People in it compete in pairs. In round one one of the pair has to give ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Defining a cult (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I was going to say pretty much exactly what zm said. Probably in the same words....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick game: Box (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I've sent you two now....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Well, all I can say is that while logically it means the opposite, a phrase like "I wouldn't be surp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
So you haven't heard things like, to choose an example not quite at random, "There ain't no logic to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
That's the whole point. It's language not logic. Negatives don't always cancel. There ain't no logi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It's over-negation but it's EXTREMELY common in normal speech. I wouldn't think twice (or even once......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Conveniences (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you like Gilbert and Sullivan... (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Poll  RE: Who will watch the Royal Wedding? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Wouldn't it have been great if they'd gone off on honeymoon on the tandem instead of in Daddy's Asto......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another think/thing coming (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Whereas I've only ever used and heard "thing". They both seem to be simple idiomatic variations....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Couldn't tell you. I never watch sport. I don't know a tennis bat from cricket stick....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Not being any kind of sports fan, I wasn't sure what a color man was so I Googled it. I found out i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
You parse it as if it said "I wouldn't be surprised if it's bothering him." Language Log has over ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why did no one tell me? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Now I think of it I'm surprised that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why did no one tell me? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
And while I'm asking, how did an illegal immigrant from another planet get US citizenship in the fir......
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Discussion Topic  Why did no one tell me? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I just heard the news that Superman is renouncing his US citizenship. Why did no one tell me? Why ha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing game: bumwhush (in Wordplay) by BobHale
FLushed with success at guessing the correct answer (and it was a guess based on nothing more than c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing game: bumwhush (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I'll try 5...
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