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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Quinion's new book! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
If you can't get copies from an online supplier, let me know by email or pt and I'll pop into my loc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is a "sport"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since nobody seems to have risen to the bait of this post, could I suggest that a perfect definition......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender: his/her/your/their (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I'd guess it would be difficult to do without "he" and "she" in descriptions of people..........
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender: his/her/your/their (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I consider that it is one of our language's great strengths that it has no gender in its nouns (and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender: his/her/your/their (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the prevailing climate of political correctness, the pronoun he, which had filled the role of the......
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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 see now. All his, her or its posts are meaningless. It's presumably someone with enough time on hi......
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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'm sorry if I'm being dense - but what has this to do with words?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Moslem vs. Muslim (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...The quiz was from the Kennedy administration forward to the GWB's administration. Come on,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Art with a capital ... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...As for Richard English's 4'32", send me the score or a recording of a performance and I'll......
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