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Discussion Topic  RE: Or is it just me? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't know whether you have an equivalent in the USA but in the UK we have the Plain English Campa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
You can delete automatic corrections if you want to - or even turn the thing off completely. I use R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gimpel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Never heard of it!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Brit's eye view of Seattle (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In my own experience there is a more positive attitude towards service in stores and retaurants in t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I went into a McDonalds in Aberdeen Harbour (Hong Kong) since I felt that their washroom facilities ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Compumation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Junction? Unction?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...You can't get them at McDonald's..." And so are potatoes, buns (made from grain) and cole......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Changing meanings... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...However, the most interesting discussion was about the mundane word 'nice.' ..." The word......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think that what I am trying to say is that I don't try to take sides where there is dispute. Where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Ah, that's why people like wafflers, middle-of-the-roaders, and fence-sitters so much. I s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin for the 21st Century (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Fortunately that particular expression has gained little currency here - at least among the older ge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin for the 21st Century (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a pseudo-swearword created for use by the actors in the British TV series Porridge. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Another mother told her daughter that if she didn't wear underwear to school, the principa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bizarre etymologies (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
In his first work to achieve fame (The Engima Variations), Edward Elgar wrote a piece about his frie......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dipthong pronunciation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Diphthong, Richard; it's diphthong..." Whoops! That'll learn me to check proper next time......
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Discussion Topic  Dipthong pronunciation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There has been some recent discussion on the OEDILF board to do with the pronunciation of certain wo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Magyar Republic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The International travel convention is to use the local names where surface transport (trains usuall......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Briti?ism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...If a term or expression is used exclusively in UK English, do you call it a briticism or a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caucasian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just a couple of points. It is matter of common observation that the differences between different ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caucasian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I have been away for a while I didn't get into this discussion from the begining. However, I woul......
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