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Discussion Topic  RE: What do you thnik? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"I tired and tired to read that and finally became too tried to continue". I suppose it works OK ju......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The United Kingdom is part of Europe as the USA is part of the Americas. However, many of us do not......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Grammar again... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Maybe Texan "argot" might be better Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Certainly it's vitally important to Anheuser Busch. If it weren't for their very clever advertising ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I suspect that this is another manifestation of the insularity of the USA. There must be many "Afric......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact the scansion of the phrase "ten little niggers" in the first line is wrong in and the nurser......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's a cliche and, like all cliches, has an element of truth. However, although we do not have the s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I can access both of these but they are subscription services and I haven't subscribed! Richard Eng......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Brittany Spears and Beer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I think I'd sooner see any bear's back than its front. That way I'd stand a better chance of escapin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I do not have a full OED but I can tell you that the Concise has no reference to "herstory" and no u......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Is that really true? I had heard it, certainly, but have always assumed it was an urban myth. Richa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The verb, "To be" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes. And it's a confounded nuisance. My mental model is to decide whether a "state" verb (such as t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's not that recent but it is within my own lifetime. Nigger brown was a perfectly acceptable term ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree that there might be times when a simile is better than the word of first choice since it may......
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Discussion Topic  RE: use of the word "niggly" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quite so. Where will it end otherwise with our being unable to talk about "rugger"; "duck"; "God" o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
See here ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although there have been railways (and plateways - where the flange is on the rail, not the wheel) f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The World's Easiest Quiz (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Indeed there was; and it was around 25 years ago too; and a year ago; and 25 minutes ago. The bran......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's it called ? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I used the expression to mean the language "learnt at a mother's knee" and English is that for most ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"At a stand" is UK railway jargon for stopped. There is a mass of rail jargon and, as Wordnerd says,......
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