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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Sit-coms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
He was in probably half the shows - the later ones. He was Mr Harman, the janitor/odd-job man who al......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's an attractive notion but it's not actually true. The additional effort required by the lead cyc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I listened to that episode of Car Talk, and was surprised that the crazy Magliazzi borther......
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Poll  RE: Quiz about diagnonal (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I agree with Arnie Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, although it's not a completely free ride, there is an overall reduction in resistance. The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would probably not use the precise expression "...Have a good day, gentlemen...", simply because w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...you count it, you'd have to count every island in the world, ..." Only if they were part ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
...and the Hawaiian Islands Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sorry to be a damp squib, but isn't this virtually impossible to play on line? After all, anyone can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Presumably it hasn't been on US TV, but "Call my Bluff" is a long-established British TV show, where......
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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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