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Poll  RE: Quiz about diagnonal (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I agree with Arnie Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, although it's not a completely free ride, there is an overall reduction in resistance. The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would probably not use the precise expression "...Have a good day, gentlemen...", simply because w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...you count it, you'd have to count every island in the world, ..." Only if they were part ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
...and the Hawaiian Islands Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untriangulating (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This word has two meanings, both cartographic. The first is to divide an area into triangles for su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
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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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
This is a British English word that gained currency around the middle of the last century (when I wa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
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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Discussion Topic  RE: Names of British beers (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, with so many beers to name and their being the need to diferentiate, a plethora of names ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names of British beers (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is another of the words with several meanings, one of which is "a cask". The word does not hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I would hazard a guess that it comes from the same root as does the ending "lore" in "folklore". R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can understand the confusion! In fact, those scenes are of a meeting of the Surrey Vintage Vehicl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Today I have just had a pint or several at the Skimmington Castle. Who knows what a Skimmington was?......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suppose it's just possible that Michael Quinion's predilection for English newspapers arises from ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Damning with faint praise (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I didn't say it was wrong to criticise; I said it was easy. There are certainly times when it is de......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The OED defines "attendee" as one who attends meetings and has no usage comment. I fear the battle t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Damning with faint praise (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Benjamin Disraeli said, in 1860, "...It is easier to be critical than to be correct..." And I would......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since it is a valid English construction to make an "object" noun from a "subject" noun by addding "......
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Discussion Topic  Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yesterday I was visiting someone in hospital and, as one does, was idly looking at the notice boards......
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