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Discussion Topic  RE: "Affected" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Effect is also a transitive verb To effect means "to bring about", as in "He has effected many cha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: repair to the dining room... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As has been mentioned more than once, there are several words in common use in the USA that have bec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Data: when 'schadenfreude' became used (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I nearly left my German classes when I discovered that they have, theoretically (though some spellin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: repair to the dining room... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's used still in England by old-fashioned or pedantic people (which is why I sometimes use it). I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...The running joke, if joke can be applied to something so weak..." It's not a belly laugh,......
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Discussion Topic  Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the OEDILF there has been some comment about "vulgar" words in Limericks and both CJ and exarp su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
One of the problems with this survey is that it used multiple-choice questions. Inevitably, if you p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard, just think of IPA as my real ale campaign. Why would anybody want to use some ers......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...IPA and SAMPA are fine but by their nature they HAVE to be explained in person, it simply ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
If the name of the entity is "The Council of Learned Journals" then the possessive (which is unlikel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...There's really no rational reason why anybody gives two hoots about how words are pronounc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I have posted elsewhere, you can hear how an American should pronounce the word here. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The extraneous waffle-word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Later he mentioned "Employee Coffee's" in some places and Employee Coffee's in other place......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Royal Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I had so many "Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Husseins" in my writing, so our editor ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...However, I heard a number of people pronounce 'schadenfreude' with a long "a." In fact, un......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In spite of the many pages of learned discussion devotes to this topic and the very good claims that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Textbook errors (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I see no evidence that businesses can run our universities better than academicians.... I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Here's another great olden tyme word for you, fie! ..." There are some wonderful words th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "It is a revelation to learn of Ms. Anderson's literary talent" I read recently that Elvis Pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Gay is a nice short, non-medical word meaning homosexual. There is no other. It is a word......
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