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Discussion Topic  RE: Squat (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
No, I don't think it's used over here, although it's probably widely known through US TV, movies, an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simpson's Paradox (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I hadn't heard of this by name. but I was aware of the problems involved in interpretation when comb......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Paraprosdokian (in Wordplay) by arnie
Yes, come on, Geoff, just post them!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: 5 quick word fixes (in Potpourri) by arnie
Do you call those ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 5 quick word fixes (in Potpourri) by arnie
I'm with Bob almost all the way here. 1) As Bob says, it makes users sound pompous, even in formal ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Burger King Kids (in Potpourri) by arnie
Probably they are about as pleased as McDonald's are about "McJobs". That is, not very....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Burger King Kids (in Potpourri) by arnie
I've never seen it before, but it's easily understandable....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Inkle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've never heard this word. It seems to be obsolete. Is it used as a noun, verb, or what? There is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Trivia (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The trivium that zmj mentions was followed at university by the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, gr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chugger (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  Chugger (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I don't think this informal UK English word has crossed The Pond yet. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game: Geelong (in Wordplay) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Citizen's journalism (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: I wish they wouldn't do that (in Potpourri) by arnie
I thought it was some sort of exclamation, as in "Jesus H. Christ!"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I wish they wouldn't do that (in Potpourri) by arnie
I suppose you could say that he was buying a Segway to heaven. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Procure (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Obtain? Get? Sign up?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I wish they wouldn't do that (in Potpourri) by arnie
A minor correction: he wasn't the inventor of the Segway, he was the owner of Segway Inc. Apparently......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails #2 (in The Written Word) by arnie
I've seen a number of similar lists before, but this is well-written for a change: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Procure (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Yes, indeed. The police have a language all of their own over here, and, it seems, over there as wel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hmm (in Potpourri) by arnie
Kalleh, it would be quite correct to use "are meeting" in those circumstances. As you say, it's the ......
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