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RE: Double Negatives
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I don't entirely disagree with you but I can't say I entirely agree with you either. Richard Englis......
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January 30, 2004 23:09
RE: Troglodyte
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More effected speakers in the UK might use this difference in prouncunciation but it is rare and cer......
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January 30, 2004 23:02
RE: Double Negatives
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We've spoken of this previously and I think we agreed that the double negative is one of the devices......
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January 30, 2004 12:11
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The name of the Isle of Man is not from the same derivation as the word of the male adult human and ......
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January 22, 2004 02:12
RE: Can "express" be an intransitive verb?
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Just so long as it didn't "express momentarily" to Delaware - that would really confuse any British ......
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January 21, 2004 02:51
RE: A word-related bit of beer news
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In fact this law, the Reinheitsgebot, is Bavarian, not German. A similar law exists in the Isle of ......
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January 20, 2004 03:26
RE: Gender Question
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Primogeniture (where all the belongings and title passed to the oldest son) was customary in England......
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January 18, 2004 04:36
RE: Gender Question
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Quote "...I do disagree with you that the baby isn't a twin until a second is born...." On this top......
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January 17, 2004 03:36
RE: Words for grandma/grandpa
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Our older son referred to his grandmothers as "grandma green car" and "grandma blue car". Then gra......
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January 15, 2004 13:38
RE: Sit-coms
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Arthur English (he never used a stage name) was a very popular comedian in the 1950s. He played a lo......
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January 14, 2004 04:14
RE: Diacritical Marks
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I have never seen the film, nor indeed heard of it. So tell me, please, what is the crazy characteri......
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January 14, 2004 03:53
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He was in probably half the shows - the later ones. He was Mr Harman, the janitor/odd-job man who al......
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January 12, 2004 14:29
RE: Quiz about diagnonal
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I agree with Arnie Richard English...
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January 11, 2004 04:11
RE: Gender Question
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I would probably not use the precise expression "...Have a good day, gentlemen...", simply because w......
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January 11, 2004 03:50
RE: Untriangulating
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This word has two meanings, both cartographic. The first is to divide an area into triangles for su......
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January 07, 2004 02:55
RE: Gender Question
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I would only say it to an all male group! If it were an all-female group then I'd say "Have a good......
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January 07, 2004 02:40
RE: Humorous lines
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This is a British English word that gained currency around the middle of the last century (when I wa......
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January 05, 2004 06:07
RE: Humorous lines
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Quote "..."Do you know who I am? I bloody demand that he's upgraded. Don't you know he's a millionai......
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January 04, 2004 04:21
RE: Egregious
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I read today (although I haven't checked the quotation for accuracy) that the OED carries 14,070 dif......
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January 02, 2004 02:48
RE: Egregious
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Quote "...First, I just don't see how anyone say that 6 letters (2 syllables) is significantly diffe......
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