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Discussion Topic  RE: Linguistic Vagueness (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Hard to tell? You're not trying to be vague, are you, Z? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names for British pedestrian crossings (in Potpourri) by Geoff
They send people to college and pay them highly to "engineer" this stuff! Senator Proxmire, I miss ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names for British pedestrian crossings (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Hereabouts (USA) zebras were once common, but no longer. I'd not heard of the other terms. It seem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Translation problems (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Slightly off topic, but has anyone here read, "Little Bee," by Chris Cleave? It begins with the mai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Translation problems (in The Written Word) by Geoff
It seems odd that some obviously direct translations, such as "point of reference" for "punto di rif......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Postcode lottery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
PS: Click on a member's name and you'll find a personal profile and private messaging access....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Postcode lottery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Hello, Guy, good to see some fresh blood here! As usual, Tinman did a fine job of finding a US corr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's a glick? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: One step at a time (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Arnie's use of "poster" seemed clear to me. Now if, while at his post he posted postage to a post w......
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Discussion Topic  What's a glick? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Maybe I should ask this under "Words from Yiddish," but I won't. In a newspaper recently I read an ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why "Lavatory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
You have doors? Lavatory is silly since it doesn't describe whether the lava is aa, pahoihoi, pyroc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: When were they new? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I'm guessing some time in the early 1920s...
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Poll  RE: Little Fockers (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Despite my often being irritatingly juvenile myself, such stuff has been overdone - to the point of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game: Jamaica (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Since you're "The Man," Bob, I stand corrected. Sorry to have doubted you, Kalleh....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game: Jamaica (in Wordplay) by Geoff
I'm confused (What's new?) about Jamaica. You're using the name of a country? I thought these lime......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New "Dambusters". (in Potpourri) by Geoff
An interesting aside here: The University of Oregon uses Disney's Donald Duck as its mascot. It's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Algebra (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I'm surprised that Proofreader hasn't sugested it as a seaweed breast cover for a mermaid so there, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Algebra (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
No question that it's Arabic, but Cohen footnotes Martin Isler's book, "Sticks, Stones, and Shadows,......
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Discussion Topic  Algebra (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
In the book, "Chasing the Sun" by Richard Cohen, the author gives two possible derivations for the w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Miscellaneous words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Geoff
In rummaging about in some old left-behind bottles and jars, I cme across an empty "Utz Pickles" jar......
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