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Discussion Topic  RE: Novercal (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...As has been posted here, there are even (albeit few and far between) errors in the OED (e.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: CUSTOMER NOTCE (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...The 'there' wasn't a misspelling; it was a grammatical error..." A moot point. It could b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...Florida is not the USA. It's Cuba Lite...." Well, having been to both places I have to sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...The second was the term "French kiss" because "American girls never kissed that way..." G......
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Discussion Topic  RE: CUSTOMER NOTCE (in Potpourri) by Richard English
What makes you think that printers can spell?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Check with an electrician!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wordnerd's Quiz #1 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...corkage" was always the term we used to describe the "cork-ettes" that floated in your bot......
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Discussion Topic  Sic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
World Wide Words has a feature in which it quotes passages which are amusing because of unintended d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: This usage grates (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Both sentences seem fine to me - but then I like the passive voice....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have to say that, on the beer board, the possessive form of it is spelt with an apostrophe more of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Thus do I aver that not all products of the USA are akiin to fermented horse piss...." An......
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Discussion Topic  Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have just seen a saying by Thomas Carlyle that was new to me but which I felt is just so, so true.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Cockney rhyming slang is a living form and new terms are being created constantly. They are memorise......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Decimation and changes of meaning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I wrote a letter to a travel paper once in response to their assertion that the recession could "dec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Decimation and changes of meaning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
CJ is right. The verb "to decimate" seems now to be used as a simile for "to devastate". The shift ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Strategic Objective Teminology (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Actually the "balance scorecard" is no great shakes over here. We have some consultants that use it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Scandinavian language(s) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It is, indeed. From the Latin "cemeterium"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That is an excellent site. I shall bookmark it....
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Discussion Topic  RE: A non-word-related (sorry) OUTRAGE! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In fact, the situation is even worse as you can see here: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A non-word-related (sorry) OUTRAGE! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
(Yawn). Sleeping pills? Earplugs? Blindfolds?...
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