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Discussion Topic  Lexical Gaps (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Last night's Apprentice had the regular task where they all go running around London trying to buy t......
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Discussion Topic  UK/US difference in a quiz question (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I watch too much daytime TV while I'm waiting for my new job. This question was on one today and I ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick GAme: Warren (in Wordplay) by BobHale
They don't rhyme for me. They rhyme according to both RhymeZone and Whitfield's University Rhyming D......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A great question (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: A great question (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I'll tell you in a PM...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick GAme: Warren (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I thought I sent three. Without giving anything away, can you tell me if you think the first two ac......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A great question (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Geoff, No but his first name does. zm Impressive that you got his last name too, I don't thin k I wo......
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Poll  RE: Limerick game: Box poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
When I'm writing poetry I sometimes use either the Rhymezone web site or a Rhyming Dictionary that K......
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Poll  RE: Limerick game: Box poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Sorry Proof. As the editor of the proposed collection I can state with certainty that Pawtucket ......
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Discussion Topic  A great question (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Here's a belter of a quiz question from today's edition of Pointless. See if you know the answer wit......
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Poll  RE: Limerick game: Box poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the piss (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
You also hear "no shit" or sometimes "no shit, Sherlock" here in the UK but it doesn't mean the same......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the piss (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Interestingly you very occasionally hear the facetious variant "extracting the urine"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the piss (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I'd never heard that origin before. I love it. I don't believe a word of it but I love it anyway. I......
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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: 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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