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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Two points. The "train station floor" is called the platform. It is common to all British railway s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: No, it has nothing to do with sex (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since the UK media has been covering the US Presidential contest in some detail, the whole concept o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote '..."When I was a kid, we'd cut pictures of turkey out of magazines and eat them for hanksgivi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: English as she is writ by UK stylists of note (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a common US device to refer to The Times as such in order that is not confused with the, clear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old books NOT like old wines (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I also find this - mainly as regards Heinlein's later work. However, I believe this is not perceptio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Negatives (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't entirely disagree with you but I can't say I entirely agree with you either. Richard Englis......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Troglodyte (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
More effected speakers in the UK might use this difference in prouncunciation but it is rare and cer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Negatives (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We've spoken of this previously and I think we agreed that the double negative is one of the devices......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Castillian would be better although I was simply speaking of the area of Catalonia, not of the langu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word-related bit of beer news (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The name of the Isle of Man is not from the same derivation as the word of the male adult human and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Remember, the Spanish you will hear in the USA is South American Spanish and is pronounced different......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A Berliner is a lightly-fried yeast bun with jam filling and vanilla icing. Like Hamburgers and Fa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Can "express" be an intransitive verb? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just so long as it didn't "express momentarily" to Delaware - that would really confuse any British ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word-related bit of beer news (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In fact this law, the Reinheitsgebot, is Bavarian, not German. A similar law exists in the Isle of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Primogeniture (where all the belongings and title passed to the oldest son) was customary in England......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I do disagree with you that the baby isn't a twin until a second is born...." On this top......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can't think of an example. Indeed, I believe that one characteristic pf French is how the "r" is r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words for grandma/grandpa (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Our older son referred to his grandmothers as "grandma green car" and "grandma blue car". Then gra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sit-coms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Arthur English (he never used a stage name) was a very popular comedian in the 1950s. He played a lo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not unless magnetism or gravity are doing the job. "Suction" works only when there is an area of low......
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