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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxonian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I did a lot of research on this when I compiled my World Travel Dictionary and could find no rules a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Textbook errors (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I see no evidence that businesses can run our universities better than academicians.... I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Entymology (not 'etymology') (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Our climate doesn't lend itself to poisonous creepy crawlies, it seems. We have only one highly po......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Here's another great olden tyme word for you, fie! ..." There are some wonderful words th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "It is a revelation to learn of Ms. Anderson's literary talent" I read recently that Elvis Pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Gay is a nice short, non-medical word meaning homosexual. There is no other. It is a word......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Leadership vs. Jazz (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Armstrong always travelled with a reel-to-reel tape recorder and dictated thousands of tap......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My objection to the hijacking of "gay" as meaning homosexual is a simple one. There is no exact sy......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Iridium and other "metals" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
If you mean at normal temperatures then I would suggest mercury. However, mercury is a very good co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: winkelhake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
At school we had a brief spell of calling everyone "Tony" on the basis that we all owned that name. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unambiguous Ambiguities (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
But they're not pronounced the same nor do they have the same etymology. And of course, there are m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pedicab (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Last Tuesday I was in London, standing at the bottom of Shaftesbury avenue waiting for a bus, and sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this an oxymoron? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...BTW, I was intrigued by the chiefly British definition of "Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Modern breakfast cereals originate in the USA, at least, according to this site. Of course......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, they certainly say so but I would like to see some dates and other evidence before accepting t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Hash browns are now a standard item on most hotels' breakfast menus. Is this the first time a foodst......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I've been wrong all my life! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quotes "... I always seem to type 'remember' as 'remeber'..." "...Nearly every time!I find myself t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: welcome to participate: Two things that have happened to me lately (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I agree with you. However, the site I found seemed nothing more than a diary recounting a number of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eats, Shoots and Leaves (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In 1989 I went to Acapulco and flew three sectors, not one of which was on a Boeing aircraft (DC10, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We used to do it in the Boy Scouts but we called it "tracking". There were several signs used along ......
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