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Discussion Topic  RE: "Eating crow" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I believe if comes from crow pie - a dish eaten only by the poorest classes in day of old. A bit lik......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah Edith Piaf. Now she did have a special sound when she said "r" (and it's still the "r" than make......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the few talents I have is that of mimicry - and thus pronunciation. It is not a subject I hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Perchlorate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard says 'valencies'. We'd say 'valences' on this side of the pond...." Words ending ......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
You know, I think you're right and I hadn't spotted this previously. In fact, I suspect there might ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this offensive? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I didn't watch the programme as I have seen, and don't much care for, Jerry Springer. Did anyone wat......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Comic Germanicisms (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Or you can prepare your submission in Word then copy and paste!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Perchlorate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Well, chemistry wasn't my subject - but even so, perchloric acid isn't perchlorate, is it? And more ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this offensive? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I am thinking in the hundreds, but I don't know...." Of course, we're all guessing but I ......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I don't think I've ever heard Swiss German. I learnt mine from a fairly high-borne Viennese lady and......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Probably the most difficult part of Schadenfreude for English speakers to pronounce is the "r" in Fr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Perchlorate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I thought that perchlorate (like oxide or sulphate or any other of these compound designators) could......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this offensive? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I wonder just how many complaints is "lots"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pumping for information (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...What are high-heeled shoes called them?..." They are called (and wait for this)...high he......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Decolletage -- a careful investigation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I find I tend rather to look down on women with lowcut dresses....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pumping for information (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
At school I called them plimsolls....
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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I probably use the term more often than I use the garment - and that is even more true of pyjamas!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where out of this World (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"Erewhon" by Samuel Butler, 1871 Erewhon is "nowhere" reversed and this work is a satire about a fu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I was wrong about futons. I had thought the word was a synonym for duvet in the USA (it's not used h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Should I start a pole???..." If you wish. We have nothing against Eastern Europeans here....
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