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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
When making comparisons between what you know about internal UK geography and what we know about int......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I blame the confusion about Wessex on Thomas Hardy who used it as the fictional setting (though base......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
But as I said British counties aren't the equivalent of American states. I live here and probably co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
They specifically asked for US states so I think your objection may be invalid....
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Discussion Topic  RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It wasn't geography (they said) but frankly anyone who thinks Mexico is a state (or Orlando for that......
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Discussion Topic  No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I was watching a quiz show. People in it compete in pairs. In round one one of the pair has to give ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Defining a cult (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I was going to say pretty much exactly what zm said. Probably in the same words....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick game: Box (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I've sent you two now....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Well, all I can say is that while logically it means the opposite, a phrase like "I wouldn't be surp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
So you haven't heard things like, to choose an example not quite at random, "There ain't no logic to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
That's the whole point. It's language not logic. Negatives don't always cancel. There ain't no logi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
It's over-negation but it's EXTREMELY common in normal speech. I wouldn't think twice (or even once......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Conveniences (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you like Gilbert and Sullivan... (in The Written Word) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Couldn't tell you. I never watch sport. I don't know a tennis bat from cricket stick....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Not being any kind of sports fan, I wasn't sure what a color man was so I Googled it. I found out i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What did he say? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
You parse it as if it said "I wouldn't be surprised if it's bothering him." Language Log has over ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why did no one tell me? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Now I think of it I'm surprised that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why did no one tell me? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
And while I'm asking, how did an illegal immigrant from another planet get US citizenship in the fir......
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