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Discussion Topic  RE: Virgin birth (NOT from the tabloids) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "but it's generally accepted that sexual reproduction is better in conditions wherein competit......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Arnie's definitions are as I learnt them and I believe correct for UK English. The OED suggests tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I think it was Sir Malcom Sergeant who, when he heard John Cage's silent work, said that he hoped th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "Why would the brewers not use plain, ordinary unsprouted grain? What is the purpose of sprou......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Are you speaking of US English or British English? The answers are different for each language. In......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I can't speak about US Law (or for that matter, Scottish or Northern Irish Law) but I do know that i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: anagrams (in Wordplay) by Richard English
A recent "buzz-theme" in the UK is "Performance-related pay". Or, as some of us might aver, "Mere e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Common, but usually incorrect and permissable only when needed to avoid ambiguity as in my "U's; US;......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This has been discussed at great length on the FOTA board and the usual bugbear is the apostrophe's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As Mr Bumble said! I will, but later as I'm away today. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I will research although I know, when I last tried, I couldn't find anything except the sites of mod......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Verbifying" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have already made this point elswhere - in English there are no nouns that cannot be verbed! Rich......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I didn't mean to imply that pauses are the only devices that good public speakers use. There are, of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I heard somewhere that you could tell a person's nationality by the way in which he would react if a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Two Ive heard are "elephants" and "Brahms" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I am forced to conclude that there are as many euphemisms for getting drunk as there are for matters......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Anything this recognizable should have a name (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
It's usually known as a hingepin Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The study of personal space is known as proxemics and is fascinating. Apart from the, clearly accur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "Once I realized that she was saying "like" in place of "said", I started counting. 17 times ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "I believe the 'real ale doesn't give you a hangover' story to be an urban myth" It is not, ......
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