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Discussion Topic  RE: Origins of "Slav?" (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Just looked it up. It's "bourse," not "bourge." No doubt from Latin "bursa." Still might all tie ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Origins of "Slav?" (in Potpourri) by Geoff
After reading the bit about Bulgarian, buggar, and bourge, I had to laugh. Isn't "bourge" the name ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Origins of "Slav?" (in Potpourri) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  Origins of "Slav?" (in Potpourri) by Geoff
After peeking in at the palindrome thread it occurred to me that some languages don't have alphabets......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Which is it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
What about "Damn the torpedoes..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Which is it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Yes. This question reminds me of the famous quotation of my great-great grandfather, the Confederat......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin (in Potpourri) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Streel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Perhaps when Superman was in his cups he became the Man of Streel?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: At bay (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Yeahbuttttt... Proof did answer first! They're both super good, IMHO!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Right you are, Z, and I scanned it briefly this morning! I don't know why I didn't think of it befo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin (in Potpourri) by Geoff
My whole point is that my prescriptivist leanings are thoroughly thrashed by the above bit of schola......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Streel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I've never seen it used in any way. I is ignerunt....
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Discussion Topic  RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Posted on Delancey Place: In today's selection -- in the early 1800s, the differences between Bri......
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Discussion Topic  More nails in my prescriptivist coffin (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Deleted. Wrong link. See below for proper text....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What would your list of banished words be? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I suspect Cro-Magnon was similar, but with a French accent....
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Discussion Topic  RE: At bay (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I had thought that the baying of dogs was the weaker idea, but it seems it's the real one. I had tho......
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Discussion Topic  At bay (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I can't find the origin of the above term. While "bay" has several definitions, only one seems to b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What would your list of banished words be? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: What would your list of banished words be? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
The only real "man cave" is the one that comes as standard equipment in women. As for "great room,"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is Facebook too self-promoting? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Since its inception I've felt that Facebook was really about the opposite end of the spine from the ......
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