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Discussion Topic  RE: a "blow in": follow-up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...(no, I've not even had ONE DRINK, although with all the references to good beer around her......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Drill down" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have heard it most often when applied to computers. Quite how it differs from "analyse" or from an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Snood has several meanings, most of them to do with forms of hair adornment. I don't believe there's......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How blogs change politics (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I was in my early teens and wasn't thinking of sex..." Therein lies the difference. In my......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...The whole story was applied to medical facilities; if they think they are being serveilled......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Most I think would agree that there's a difference between survey as a noun and surveillan......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It seems a bit pointless to me. What's wrong with "surveyed"?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rumbustious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Rumbustuous is not all that common a word here but would not be considered eccentric or arcane. Most......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Next time I'm in Chicago you must show me where the Western Electric Hawthorne works are (or used to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How blogs change politics (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I was a typical teenager who could only think about boys...." How come I never met one of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many syllables in "Don't spoil the oil"?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Bugs Bunny pronounces such words with two syllable, "...OK Mac - where's the fy-er..." I don't know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Also, the translation program changed UK to British; I imagine this doesn't please the Sco......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Italian: dropping the final vowel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or even, "Los otro(s) si; Yo, no"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is alternate spelling accepted? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Let's say that no alternative spellings are ever accepted. Then we can get rid of transatlantic miss......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Which would suggest to me that, although translators' work might be under threat, there must be many......
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Discussion Topic  Spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Or is it just me? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't know whether you have an equivalent in the USA but in the UK we have the Plain English Campa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
You can delete automatic corrections if you want to - or even turn the thing off completely. I use R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gimpel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Never heard of it!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Brit's eye view of Seattle (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In my own experience there is a more positive attitude towards service in stores and retaurants in t......
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