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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Oh, I don't know. It seems an easy enough concept to grasp and a simple enough coinage (i.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suppose the real moral of this tale is that Bullshit, as ever, baffles brains! Talk a load of uni......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Effect" vs. "Affect" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...which are referred to as "indexes"...." Not indices?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Well,the prfix "Meta-" usually has to do with change of position or situation (such as in metamorpho......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quinion's new book! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Coincidentally I have just finished reading my copy. There are large numbers of words that he define......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the gym sock out of your mouth and say that again, dammit! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...And as for "text speak" (bad enough on a mobile, but understandable given the limited char......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the gym sock out of your mouth and say that again, dammit! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Shu, realistically, shouldn't we use the first definitions from the dictionary for precise......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes. Security has always been tight there. You are right about Northern Ireland. There are only two......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take the gym sock out of your mouth and say that again, dammit! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I'm sure this pet peeve is not mine alone. Have any of the rest of you found effective way......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A word of explanation is in order. British beat police do not carry firearms and, indeed, are only ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dreaded semi-colon! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Excellent! I tried to google it myself but thought that the first sentence was "see how THE semicol......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Spain claims, with some justification, that the British colony of Gibraltar (one of the last colonie......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Senior Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I believe I've had several senior moments - but I can't remember any of them....
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Poll  RE: A bit about abutting by but a bit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard defined 'abut' with "But if countries abut / It mean different but / Touching ..."......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dreaded semi-colon! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Many years ago I remember reading a short poem of which the first line was something like: "See how......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I don't know about in the USA, but both King Arthur and Robin Hood would correctly be described as l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: oh dear, oh dear. (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...First though, what is wrong with 'equally as important as'?..." I would think that it is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't know how it is in the USA but in England we might preen ourselves - physically or figurative......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quinion's new book! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
For information Port Out, Starbord Home and other language myths is now on sale in the better booksh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
An example of exponential growth I often give in training sessions is a simple one - and I have neve......
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