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Discussion Topic  RE: Eats shoots and leaves again (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
According to Michal Temple, the promouns yours, hers ours theirs and its have no apostrophe but one'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Seduction (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's the price of the World Travel Sales Guide, not the dictionary. The dictionary's £16.50. Sadl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Seduction (in Potpourri) by Richard English
True. But that particular man didn't have a copyright on his name. There is at least one other and m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Seduction (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, those who have a copy of the "World Travel Dictionary" (published by Columbus, although m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I understand that Shlitz "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" achieved this distinction because it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Sadly, CJ, it is not. It is to be somewhere where the beer is even better than that in Chicago! Ric......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This simply means that more and more people are prepared to accept this particular form of English w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
As I have said previously, there can be no rights or wrongs about pronunciation, only differences. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The use of the verb "mind" to mean "be careful about" is very common in UK English. I had assumed th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No, it has nothing to do with sex (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I'd be happy to discuss the matter with anyone who believes that my statement is untrue! Richard En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
True. But it is certainly one of the world's oldest ones... Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Indeed. But the warning is a specific one. At certain stations, where the track is curved (and this ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No, it has nothing to do with sex (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree entirely. I cannot think of any good system; I can, though, see that some are less bad than ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Two points. The "train station floor" is called the platform. It is common to all British railway s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No, it has nothing to do with sex (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since the UK media has been covering the US Presidential contest in some detail, the whole concept o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote '..."When I was a kid, we'd cut pictures of turkey out of magazines and eat them for hanksgivi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from the Comic Strips (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I learnt yesterday that the famous Beano comic strip character, Dennis the Menace, was created that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: English as she is writ by UK stylists of note (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a common US device to refer to The Times as such in order that is not confused with the, clear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old books NOT like old wines (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I also find this - mainly as regards Heinlein's later work. However, I believe this is not perceptio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Negatives (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't entirely disagree with you but I can't say I entirely agree with you either. Richard Englis......
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