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Discussion Topic  RE: Hmm (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Yes, we'd use "check," but I think most of us would understand it either way. And "foods" doesn't a......
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Discussion Topic  Exegesis, please (in The Written Word) by Geoff
I recently re-read a well-known quote from Rabbi Hillel, which pre-dated the Christian Golden Rule, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Death of the English Language (in The Written Word) by Geoff
I, despite my prescriptivist leanings, got a good chuckle too!...
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Discussion Topic  Think tank (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Proofreader's query about the phrasing of something from the Hoover Institution got me to wondering ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: State of the Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I wonder who changes the dirtbags at the Hoover Institution?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Emissions (in Potpourri) by Geoff
True, arnie, yet the term is usually applied to low-achievers. Go figure... It's also applied to m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My grammar course (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Pedant that I often am, I feel that there are cases wherein "whom" is still the better choice. "For ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spoonerisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cackle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Sure, Goofy, but I'm doing my best to reframe the term! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cackle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Now why would a right-wing extremist like Palin denigrate "rads?" Since the term derives from the L......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Outrageous Puns (in Wordplay) by Geoff
You nailed it, Proof! Now we can go plantar selves in front of the TV and watch those arch heels sp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Outrageous Puns (in Wordplay) by Geoff
People who have lost their toes have a much harder time balancing and walking than those who have th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Emissions (in Potpourri) by Geoff
I've also seen "exceptional" applied to low-IQ kids. For that matter, high-IQ kids are exceptional,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Habitué ? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
How, then, is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cackle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Despite what I think of Palin, I agree with Bob. If it's deliberate, it's sans doute the cleverest ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spoonerisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Didn't we discuss spoonerisms way back when the yourd was bung?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Multilingual thinking (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Since it's all a bit nebulous to me, is my question about code switching or about parallel processin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New peevology (in Potpourri) by Geoff
What did the tree o......
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Discussion Topic  Multilingual thinking (in Potpourri) by Geoff
We've often touched on the idea that one's native language influences one's thinking. I wonder whet......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nicknames (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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