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Discussion Topic  RE: The "Th" pronunciation shift. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Many young (or would-be young) urban English folk speak in their own argot which is a mix from a lot......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "Th" pronunciation shift. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Then there's the "v" sound to contend with. A word like "weather" becomes "wevver"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Now hear, or see, this! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
They have different roots. According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are you chuffed yet? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Like Bob, I've only ever heard it to mean "pleased". Of the other definitions posted by Kalleh, I've......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
Quite probably, although it doesn't appear in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less and Fewer Again (in Potpourri) by arnie
It's not that anyone finds the signs confusing. Prescriptive pedants like Lynne Truss will gleefully......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less and Fewer Again (in Potpourri) by arnie
That's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Amethyst (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The ancient Greeks and Romans weren't the only ones to believe in the power of the amethyst; ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Porphyria" and colors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The word describe a condition caused by an abnormality of the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Whippersnapper (in The Written Word) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Amethyst (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Interesting. I hadn't known about the etymology, but it doesn't really surprise me. The ancient Gree......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gulliver's Travels (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
In a computer game I sometimes play I gave two of the "tribes" the names of Big-enders and Little-en......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Out of the Mouths of Babes... (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Train Wreck (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
They have cleaned up their act quite a bit since the early days when then RealPlayer did indeed cont......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Linguistics in "Simpsons" (in Potpourri) by arnie
There's an article (albeit a rather old [1997] one) at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Train Wreck (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'm pretty sure that BBC Radio is free-to-all; only TV programmes are limited to UK users. What happ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms Once Again (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Train Wreck (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The use here is a metaphor, not a simile. If it had been described as "......
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