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Discussion Topic  RE: Headline (in The Written Word) by Geoff
It initially appeared when I entered the thread, then it hid behind a box. Maybe you DO live in a L......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "perfect" word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Product placement (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Wow! I had never seen that in color! I remember it from childhood, when it was on TV on occasion -......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Send 'em back (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Goofy, you're a linguist and I'm just a chainsaw mechanic, but to my untrained ear the redundancy so......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Headline (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Does Rupert Murdoch own that rag? Its tone is very much like that of the Fox network, our tabloid t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "perfect" word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
By your speaker's criteria, most onomatopoeic words are "perfect." I would agree with that for the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is a cliche not a cliche? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Etymological fallacy or not, one sees "A Dios" and "Adieu" translated as "Goodbye," so the parting r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is a cliche not a cliche? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
I suspect that many people do not realize the redundancy in "PIN number" or ATM machine." Often I t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: close eye (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
There's also the idiom, "weather eye." If you look up and your eye gets wet, it's raining; if you g......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Inventions (in Potpourri) by Geoff
The turbine engine was invented in ancient Greece, but it took 3,000 years for technology to catch u......
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Discussion Topic  RE: It can make a difference (in Potpourri) by Geoff
It seems to me that clarity is the criterion for criticism, Bob. Where meaning is in jeopardy, a ru......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Live! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
The Oregonian switched from "Living" to "How We Live" about two years ago. Maybe more accurate, but......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: contumulation (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Diddle I send you one already?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Miss Pronouncer (in Potpourri) by Geoff
What do you smoke in Rhode Island, Proof? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is a cliche not a cliche? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Nobody's mentioned the closely related ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Live! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Page 76 almost seems to presage Darwin. I did narrow my example too much; any motion picture tricks......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Live! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
A sidetrack, but what about the term, "animation?" We ascribe life to things that move, or seem to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How about putting some effort into proofreading! (in Potpourri) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: An epochal new word (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Goes along with my belief that we're a new species: Homo Hubris....
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