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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Chess (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...too erudite to be sport..." Chess is the only sport that I play. And if I really want to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caps, bolds and exclamation points... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Text that is all capitals is difficult to read sinply because the clues given by the varying heights......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Earn a living from books (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...That's great, Richard! Will it be sold in The States, do you know?..." I don't know. That......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Earn a living from books (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Actually I've just written an audio book called, excitingly, "Effective Public Speaking". I'd have l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: SHIBBOLETH (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...The Danish dessert rød grød med fløde 'red compote with cream'...." I actually said that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I have never heard of "pocket borough" although we do use "safe seat". A "rotten borough" was one w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Quicker' or 'more quickly'? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Why not use faster dogs to get it over with quicker?.." I would not use an adverb or an a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Indeed it does. But it says that "Brit" (no full stop) is an informal term for a British person. The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: balaclava (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A very good and unbiased article to my mind. Hadlow is actually quite near to where I live - about f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Kalleh, to me the first part of what you were doing was certainly education, albeit specialised rath......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just to clear up one isunderstanding - I do not disdain higher education. My disdain is reserved for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Samuel Insull, of course, spent most of his life in Chicago and was very much involved with the "El"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Education is primarily about imparting knowledge and quite often knowledge that the educator (and th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "..."Training" is another of their words that the nursing community is fighting; the nurses pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Nah then, Salmon's just one kind of pig's. We got apple as well and, o' course, if yer in the bees y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eratica (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would imagine that most glitterati Would want to drive a Maserati. But given the choice I believe ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Salmon? You call stout salmon? How the heck did THAT happen?..." Salmon and trout - stout......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I get it! Your very own, original, rhyming slang! Guinness starts with "G", and "G" rhymes......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ellipses (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I understand it, M dashes should ideally be paranthetical whereas elipses don't need to be. Howev......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Apprenticeships are being revived in the UK and there are several "young apprentice" schemes. Many o......
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