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Discussion Topic  RE: February 29th (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A leap year actually should occur only every 3 and twenty-four/twenty fifths years. As it can't we h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Blitzableiter ??? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In England we don't have lightning rods; we have lighting CONDUCTORS. They do the same job, though. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The expression "a pint and a pie" is nicely alliterative rather than literal. Pubs do sell pies, usu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Prostitution is very common in Cuba and I have heard the expression jineteras used to describe all t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is quite a common expression in UK English and it simply implies speed. A house fire progresses......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Out of the mouths of "babes" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It makes me wonder whether there is a similar link between adults and adultery :-) Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dr Seuss's cat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I suspect that the writer was trying to ensure that there was no confusion between the pronoun US an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bathroom Humor (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, fo course, the man who installed the lavatatories for British royalty, one Thomas Crapper, cal......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Maybe it’s déjà vu, but I’m sure we had a soupçon of interest in this topic recently when the word p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Impactful (in Potpourri) by Richard English
If I can I will tell without yelling Of the Gaurdian's legendary spellign I'm not being pikky when I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eats shoots and leaves again (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Which matters? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The postings are only accessible to those registered with Learn Direct as tutors or students. I am a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Possibly. But this would then mean that the student has never been sober when he's posted (and he ha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's not possible to tell the nationality of the learners unless they have chosen to put it in their......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eats shoots and leaves again (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
According to Michal Temple, the promouns yours, hers ours theirs and its have no apostrophe but one'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Seduction (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's the price of the World Travel Sales Guide, not the dictionary. The dictionary's £16.50. Sadl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Seduction (in Potpourri) by Richard English
True. But that particular man didn't have a copyright on his name. There is at least one other and m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Seduction (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, those who have a copy of the "World Travel Dictionary" (published by Columbus, although m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This simply means that more and more people are prepared to accept this particular form of English w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The use of the verb "mind" to mean "be careful about" is very common in UK English. I had assumed th......
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