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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
This is a genuine recipe and I did read a report from an amateur beermaker who had tried it. Apparen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In England it's true we have dales, and also we have leafy vales. They're words of our time - not si......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
If this is true then it seems likely that there are more Arabic words in English! Maybe someone wou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
One aspect of human behaviour which is almost a universal truth is that few people consider others' ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, I suspect the phonetic languages are the norm and non-phonetic languages are the exception.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suppose the difference between then and now is that the adulterants have changed. I suspect that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Mine too. We are a particularly filthy nation when it comes to littering. Most other European countr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My! The world has changed - or maybe it's just different in Cambridge! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanish is an honorable descendant of Latin (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's right, of course. I have seen the word specie used (obviously wrongly) in good journals and n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's always possible to identify the British travellers when using escalators abroad - they will be ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Of course, this was Real Ale - long before the likes of A-B managed to get their corporate hands on ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanish is an honorable descendant of Latin (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Sadly they didn't go so far as English - which eliminated genders and the dependency on them. Why, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Reasonably accurate, especially about queues. The London Underground, the world's oldest and (I beli......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I used the word Imperial to indicate that I was referring to British, as opposed to US measures. The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
No. On the contrary. In order to finish its fermentation in the bottle it needs to remain at room te......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although I couldn't give one example of vocabulary from baseball I am proud to say that I do know wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It was, of course, the French (that most chauvinistic of nations), who insisted that sparkling wine ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Just to clarify, I said that tap was originally used to describe the faucet on a cask - I should per......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The words keg and cask have acquired different meanings in UK English in the past fifty years (since......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I suppose it depends on your upbringing as to whether you regard Latin as an obscure language or not......
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