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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  RE: Toponyms from the British Isles (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Geoff
The whole of La-La Land is a gigantic loony bin, with only a few sane sorts there to keep track of t......
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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: Toponyms from the British Isles (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Geoff
Not currently a toponym, but when I was in my youth I lived for a while in Southern La-La-land, a.k.......
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Poll  RE: Limerick game - Upper Dicker poll (in Wordplay) by Geoff
That's Mount N' Do...
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Poll  RE: Limerick game - Upper Dicker poll (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Wasn't there a soft drink with aphrodisiac properties? I remember a 1950s jingle, "Dr. Pecker is th......
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Poll  RE: Limerick game - Upper Dicker poll (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Considering the nature of the submissions, Kalleh, you might want to rephrase that....
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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: 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: 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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Poll  RE: "short-lived" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Since "gee" means "right" when driving a farm animal, the appellation seems backwards....
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Discussion Topic  RE: New peevology (in Potpourri) by Geoff
What did the tree o......
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