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Discussion Topic  RE: Untriangulating (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This word has two meanings, both cartographic. The first is to divide an area into triangles for su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would only say it to an all male group! If it were an all-female group then I'd say "Have a good......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It looks very much like "Call my Bluff" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As in, maybe: "You don't carry a gun? That is so European!" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
This is a British English word that gained currency around the middle of the last century (when I wa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quote "..."Do you know who I am? I bloody demand that he's upgraded. Don't you know he's a millionai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's salutory that even well-read people, as we surely are, will usually not know the answers to qui......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
His wife (Penelope Chetwode) wasn't involved in the interview but I suspect she wouldn't have been c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Sadly, as the French Academy (I won't use its French title since I still can't work out how to put i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
John Betjemen, when interviewed shortly before he died was asked whether he had any regrets. His ans......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names of British beers (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, with so many beers to name and their being the need to diferentiate, a plethora of names ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names of British beers (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is another of the words with several meanings, one of which is "a cask". The word does not hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I would hazard a guess that it comes from the same root as does the ending "lore" in "folklore". R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can understand the confusion! In fact, those scenes are of a meeting of the Surrey Vintage Vehicl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Today I have just had a pint or several at the Skimmington Castle. Who knows what a Skimmington was?......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This has long been a hobby-horse of mine. It is my firm belief that instruction manuals are written ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: American exceptionalism or American arrogance? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That is the point made in the article and the point with which I agree. The USA decided that Kyoto w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: American exceptionalism or American arrogance? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Having read the various articles here I think this sentence from the summary maybe expresses better ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: American exceptionalism or American arrogance? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In a way the US belief in its superiority is not surprising; the USA is wonderful country. The Briti......
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Discussion Topic  Dr Seuss's cat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The following reference is from "Getting Your English Right, Tapir, Trondheim 2001" Marking titles,......
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