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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...What you suggest is hardly the prevalent practice for new importations...." This might ag......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
If the name of the entity is "The Council of Learned Journals" then the possessive (which is unlikel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...There's really no rational reason why anybody gives two hoots about how words are pronounc......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree that pronunciation, like word use itself will change. But Schadenfreude is a relatively new ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I have posted elsewhere, you can hear how an American should pronounce the word here. ......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I am a skeptic here. I have never heard it pronounced "froy-deh."..." Indeed. In the same......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The extraneous waffle-word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Later he mentioned "Employee Coffee's" in some places and Employee Coffee's in other place......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Royal Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I had so many "Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Husseins" in my writing, so our editor ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...However, I heard a number of people pronounce 'schadenfreude' with a long "a." In fact, un......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In spite of the many pages of learned discussion devotes to this topic and the very good claims that......
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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: 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: 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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Poll  RE: "which" vs. "that" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
By coicidence I have just been speaking to the General Sales Manager of a cruise line. His name? Lol......
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