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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My immediate reaction is, "How unspeakably rude". Sadly, I suppose this more a reflection on my age......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Which means that of my two examples, tutee and coachee, the latter could be considered valid, since ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
But, Kalleh, which would you prefer to be? A mentee or a protégé? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Along with coachee and tutee it belongs anywhere but in the English language. Apart from its ugline......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is not always wrong to deliberately split an infinitive (providing, of course, that one knows wha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Endemic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Measles has not been endemic in England for many years because of almost universal vaccination. Howe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah well, we are all human and and thus blest with human frailties - of which typing errors is just o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
After having complained about the lack of a spell-checker on this board, what do I find? Try ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed, yes. Sadly there is no spellcheck on this board which would help to eliminate such typos - ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Americanisms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Apologies. I knew it was Yiddish. I do know the difference between the languages - blame it on a tem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We had assumed that they would be some sort of rissole made from minced chicken - maybe a bit like a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I was once told that evil had vanished from the world because the Devil was dead. This came about b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sadly this expresssion is common over here. It is usually uttered by those whose concept of life rev......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
On Monday we went out for a meal and Margeret ordered from the specials board: "Chicken fries and sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I would add to this only the rider that, because one form of expression is grammatically correct, th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Americanisms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I always understood that this was Jewish and meant "cheek". Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's it called ? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A boardwalk is a walkway - made of boards! They tend to use them in the states to make it easy to wa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Time Zones, help needed (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It would be interesting were it true! In fact, Portugal uses GMT/UTC. Spain, on the other had, whose......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think that sentence is fine. The conjunction shows that the item under discussion is both dangerou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Time Zones, help needed (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Although it is a guess, I suspect that there was presssure brought to bear by countries who thought ......
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