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RE: "Linguicide"?
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As I mentioned in my recent FOTA post, I believe that L'Acadamie Francais stands little chance of ma......
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January 27, 2003 22:49
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I might indeed partake, but of what? that's the question. Certainly it would not be of anything on......
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January 27, 2003 11:30
RE: Drink-related words
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Just another reason for eschewing the ubiquituos beer-can in favour of the more ecologically sound, ......
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January 26, 2003 22:41
RE: Verbing of nouns re-revisited
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This is an interesting example of a verb ("to zip") which is now accepted without question. However,......
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January 26, 2003 22:33
RE: Am I on acid or what?!
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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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January 26, 2003 09:29
RE: Am I on acid or what?!
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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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January 26, 2003 01:19
RE: Liberal versus Conservative
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It has become a convention on this and the FOTA board not to pounce on simple errors in postings whe......
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January 26, 2003 01:09
RE: Liberal versus Conservative
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I copied it myself from another document, although I know that there are special keystrokes that you......
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January 25, 2003 09:21
RE: Terms from US football
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"Moving the goal posts" is the only term I have yet understood. Incidentally, the expression "to pu......
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January 25, 2003 09:10
RE: Writers on Writers
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Although it is a fictional encounter, the comments of "Vladimir Brusiloff" on writers is just one ex......
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January 25, 2003 02:32
RE: Liberal versus Conservative
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Probably one of my favourite comedians whose use of the English language was exemplary. Interesting,......
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January 25, 2003 02:13
RE: Liberal versus Conservative
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Glad to see you here. You will find the discussions here interesting, I feel sure, although maybe n......
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January 24, 2003 11:20
RE: Pet peeves
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I rest my case in my defence of Oxford! Richard English...
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January 23, 2003 23:02
RE: Hungry?
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Having said which, the area around Birmingham is rich in heritage and has some excellent pubs. But I......
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January 23, 2003 23:00
RE: Liberal versus Conservative
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Another of those interesting US/UK differences. In the UK this sentence would have read something l......
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January 23, 2003 22:50
RE: Why do we call........?
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In any situation when there is a threat of conflict the majority will not want to be involved; they ......
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January 23, 2003 22:43
RE: Pet peeves
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I have certainly never seen a source that suggests this! The difference between the "to draw a concl......
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January 23, 2003 11:54
RE: Something silly - or is it?
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And I suspect that, in the decade since this research was undertaken, the word count has increased s......
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January 22, 2003 23:14
RE: Liberal versus Conservative
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The problem is that style books (and dictionaries) can only reflect what is going on in the world of......
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January 22, 2003 23:10
RE: Terms from US football
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I know very little about sport but was forced to play Rugby Football at school. Fumbling was a term ......
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January 22, 2003 01:56
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