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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A Berliner is a lightly-fried yeast bun with jam filling and vanilla icing. Like Hamburgers and Fa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Can "express" be an intransitive verb? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just so long as it didn't "express momentarily" to Delaware - that would really confuse any British ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word-related bit of beer news (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In fact this law, the Reinheitsgebot, is Bavarian, not German. A similar law exists in the Isle of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can't think of an example. Indeed, I believe that one characteristic pf French is how the "r" is r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words for grandma/grandpa (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Our older son referred to his grandmothers as "grandma green car" and "grandma blue car". Then gra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sit-coms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Arthur English (he never used a stage name) was a very popular comedian in the 1950s. He played a lo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have never seen the film, nor indeed heard of it. So tell me, please, what is the crazy characteri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sit-coms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
He was in probably half the shows - the later ones. He was Mr Harman, the janitor/odd-job man who al......
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Poll  RE: Quiz about diagnonal (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I agree with Arnie Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...you count it, you'd have to count every island in the world, ..." Only if they were part ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
...and the Hawaiian Islands Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sorry to be a damp squib, but isn't this virtually impossible to play on line? After all, anyone can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Presumably it hasn't been on US TV, but "Call my Bluff" is a long-established British TV show, where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It looks very much like "Call my Bluff" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Swifties (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I had assumed that the descriptive word had to qualify the verb describing Tom's actions - in the mo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
This is a British English word that gained currency around the middle of the last century (when I wa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quote "..."Do you know who I am? I bloody demand that he's upgraded. Don't you know he's a millionai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's salutory that even well-read people, as we surely are, will usually not know the answers to qui......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
His wife (Penelope Chetwode) wasn't involved in the interview but I suspect she wouldn't have been c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
John Betjemen, when interviewed shortly before he died was asked whether he had any regrets. His ans......
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