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Discussion Topic  RE: Abdabs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Sorry, I may have given the wrong impression. "Screaming abdabs" wasn't used in the film, or book (s......
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Discussion Topic  Abdabs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
My paper had a short review of an old film being repeated on TV today, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms with Numbers (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
There's also the phrase, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms with Numbers (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: :rolleyes: (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms with Numbers (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reading in your sleep! (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "Th" pronunciation shift. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Many young (or would-be young) urban English folk speak in their own argot which is a mix from a lot......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The British Army (in Potpourri) by arnie
The first Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) once described the British Army as "The scum of the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "Th" pronunciation shift. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Then there's the "v" sound to contend with. A word like "weather" becomes "wevver"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Now hear, or see, this! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
They have different roots. According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are you chuffed yet? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Like Bob, I've only ever heard it to mean "pleased". Of the other definitions posted by Kalleh, I've......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
Quite probably, although it doesn't appear in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less and Fewer Again (in Potpourri) by arnie
It's not that anyone finds the signs confusing. Prescriptive pedants like Lynne Truss will gleefully......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less and Fewer Again (in Potpourri) by arnie
That's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Amethyst (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The ancient Greeks and Romans weren't the only ones to believe in the power of the amethyst; ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Porphyria" and colors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The word describe a condition caused by an abnormality of the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Amethyst (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Interesting. I hadn't known about the etymology, but it doesn't really surprise me. The ancient Gree......
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