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Discussion Topic  RE: "Linguicide"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I mentioned in my recent FOTA post, I believe that L'Acadamie Francais stands little chance of ma......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Am I on acid or what?! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I might indeed partake, but of what? that's the question. Certainly it would not be of anything on......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just another reason for eschewing the ubiquituos beer-can in favour of the more ecologically sound, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbing of nouns re-revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This is an interesting example of a verb ("to zip") which is now accepted without question. However,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Am I on acid or what?! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have a feeling that's the concoction I had to take when I visited Sri Lanka! I began to think that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Am I on acid or what?! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
If alcohol is not a drug, then I have never taken drugs and probably never will. I do not like smoki......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It has become a convention on this and the FOTA board not to pounce on simple errors in postings whe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I copied it myself from another document, although I know that there are special keystrokes that you......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
"Moving the goal posts" is the only term I have yet understood. Incidentally, the expression "to pu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Writers on Writers (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Although it is a fictional encounter, the comments of "Vladimir Brusiloff" on writers is just one ex......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Probably one of my favourite comedians whose use of the English language was exemplary. Interesting,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Glad to see you here. You will find the discussions here interesting, I feel sure, although maybe n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I rest my case in my defence of Oxford! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hungry? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Having said which, the area around Birmingham is rich in heritage and has some excellent pubs. But I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Another of those interesting US/UK differences. In the UK this sentence would have read something l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why do we call........? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In any situation when there is a threat of conflict the majority will not want to be involved; they ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have certainly never seen a source that suggests this! The difference between the "to draw a concl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
And I suspect that, in the decade since this research was undertaken, the word count has increased s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The problem is that style books (and dictionaries) can only reflect what is going on in the world of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I know very little about sport but was forced to play Rugby Football at school. Fumbling was a term ......
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