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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We used to do it in the Boy Scouts but we called it "tracking". There were several signs used along ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eats, Shoots and Leaves (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Too Loose To Lose in Touluse: How France stole Boeing's business with Airbus Industrie... ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pedicab (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...but "quad" has already been pre-empted for one of four children born at once. ..." But wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Senior Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...A light year is a unit of time..." I always understood it to be a unit of distance - the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pedicab (in Potpourri) by Richard English
There have been a few in London - though I haven't seen any recently so I don't know whether the ven......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British regional accents (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...More broadly, what characters from film and TV exemplify various regional accents?..." I'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A new term of endearment. (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I can't say that I have been called a "c---" so it's hard for me to say how I'd feel being......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Senior Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think I realised I was getting old when I stopped thinking of age as some eccentricity that old pe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have just been reading "Words" by Paul Dickson, (for the gift of which I will always be grateful t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Surely Virge and jheem are right here that this is professional book mostly to be used by ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I said, Bullshit baffles brains and it's quite a while since I've seen a passage containing so mu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Oh, I don't know. It seems an easy enough concept to grasp and a simple enough coinage (i.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suppose the real moral of this tale is that Bullshit, as ever, baffles brains! Talk a load of uni......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Effect" vs. "Affect" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...which are referred to as "indexes"...." Not indices?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Well,the prfix "Meta-" usually has to do with change of position or situation (such as in metamorpho......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quinion's new book! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Coincidentally I have just finished reading my copy. There are large numbers of words that he define......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the gym sock out of your mouth and say that again, dammit! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...And as for "text speak" (bad enough on a mobile, but understandable given the limited char......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's in a Name? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "... "Do you suppose he's compensating for something?" ..." Well, there have been few rumours......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the gym sock out of your mouth and say that again, dammit! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Shu, realistically, shouldn't we use the first definitions from the dictionary for precise......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the gym sock out of your mouth and say that again, dammit! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I'm sure this pet peeve is not mine alone. Have any of the rest of you found effective way......
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