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RE: Announcerese
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Although there have been railways (and plateways - where the flange is on the rail, not the wheel) f......
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September 07, 2003 03:48
RE: Announcerese
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"At a stand" is UK railway jargon for stopped. There is a mass of rail jargon and, as Wordnerd says,......
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September 05, 2003 08:41
RE: I have a Dream
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It's possible but unlikely that MLK gave an unprepared speech. Good extempore speakers can give a go......
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August 30, 2003 12:45
RE: Irony
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Of all the multi-national megabrewers there are, so far as I am concerened Guinness is the only one ......
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August 30, 2003 06:06
RE: This may be petty, but...
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What is slightly surprising to me that such a short outage (37 minutes I believe) should have had su......
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August 29, 2003 11:18
RE: Regional Insults
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It is a strange fact that the Northerners (say north of Birmingham) are very concerned about what th......
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August 29, 2003 11:12
RE: I have a Dream
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It's difficult to think of a more powerful piece of oratory than MLK's. Does anyone happen to know -......
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August 29, 2003 02:46
RE: What it is
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Yes. It's true that one needs to keep one's wits about one when discussing whether it's its or it's!......
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August 29, 2003 02:43
RE: Irony
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I haven't tried many Japanese beers but those I've tried are just identikit beers. Remember, in most......
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August 26, 2003 11:31
RE: Even MSN gets into the act
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Indeed. That is my understanding of the meaning of the term. And I, too, had noted the singular fac......
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August 23, 2003 11:33
RE: This may be petty, but...
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I first learnt about blackouts when I was very young and asked the purpose of the black sheeting whi......
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August 23, 2003 03:11
RE: Irony
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I drank some Texan beer once - at the Texas stand in the World Travel Market. The large man in a lar......
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August 23, 2003 03:05
RE: Analogies
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"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine" Richard English...
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August 23, 2003 02:55
RE: Even MSN gets into the act
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It's a very good idea to use the right word if the right word exists and I use several of the words ......
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August 23, 2003 02:51
RE: Men versus Women
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Do you still have milkmen in the USA? They are a dying breed here, I fear, but we still get our mil......
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August 22, 2003 14:25
RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2
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Why? Incentive is a noun (and sometimes an adjective). There is no rule that says all nouns must hav......
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August 22, 2003 11:13
RE: Great e-mails
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I forecast that both coins will come out shiny bright and both teeth will be little, if at all, chan......
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August 21, 2003 14:22
RE: Great e-mails
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Well, there's the surprisingly persistent myth that Anheuser Busch and Millers brew beer and the ass......
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August 21, 2003 10:05
RE: Great e-mails
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Nor do I. It tastes positively foul! Richard English...
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August 20, 2003 23:56
RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2
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In fact, although I would prefer not to create a new verb just for the sake of it, I can't think of ......
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