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Discussion Topic  RE: Two meanings (in Wordplay) by Richard English
According to Guinness there are 168 different meanings of the word "set" or "sett". Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's a shame that the UK - still the fourth largest economy in the world - seems to have forgotten t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Two meanings (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Absolutely. We must not write off computerised translation systems simply because, at the moment, th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Huh? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Apologies for the typo! Now corrected. And yes, it is a suet-based pudding. There is a recipe on ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed it does - genuinely. Hops are a mild soporific and this is one of the reasons why beer can ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: America's Apostrophe Catastrophe (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Love the Smith's what, I wonder? Their children? Their dog? Their family? Certainly not their gram......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It is, indeed, a very hoppy beer and this would seem especially strange to you as most US beers have......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Huh? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Spotted Dick is a traditional English pudding. It is a heavy suet sponge (usually cylindrical in sha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know yer out there, I kin hear ya breathin'! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Assuredly they do, but the tabloid press does not call them "love rats". That expression is reserved......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I write this I have in front of me a glass of Goose Island and a glass of T.E.A. I bought both to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know yer out there, I kin hear ya breathin'! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
A "love rat" is a man who has cheated on his partner. It is commonly used by the tabloid press here ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Today I have received my copy of "What's Brewing" the monthly newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, although the dipthong is still alive and well as a pronounced sound, the printed conjoined ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know yer out there, I kin hear ya breathin'! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I suspect that you are not unique in that. Indeed, in the UK we are also guilty of this, unlike the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Thank you. Now I look at it I can see that it does show both plurals. However, if you go to the thi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mad as hell (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Although it doesn't have the nice ring of contrast between majority and minority, I think I'd have w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I know yer out there, I kin hear ya breathin'! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Germany produces some excellent beers. However, as even they will concede, they have fewer different......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A good trick if you can do it (in The Written Word) by Richard English
One of the interesting things about drinking is that the consumption per person increases as the num......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Maybe it does. I do not subscribe to it and cannot comment. However, I was obviously referring to th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sadly Latin plurals do seem to be under threat, with medium being just the most recent. Agendum is......
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