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Discussion Topic  RE: bar? tavern? pub? whatever! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In England, where we take these matters very seriously, each of the terms suggested has a different ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epitaths (in Wordplay) by Richard English
So as not to cause it a paroxysm, I will modify any dubious words myself. However, my point is tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Most the world's best known brands are American and worth millions to their owners. I have not been......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Junking conjunctions (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
And what, pray, is wrong with using a conjunction at the beginning of a sentence? Also, why should c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Indeed it is - but it is supposedly for the speaker's ears only. Hamlet's most famous soliloquy is a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Your bonus word for the day is: (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The sadness of it is that the word "gay" is not a simile for "happy". The concept conveyed by the wo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Anybody had a good paroxysm lately? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I went to the Texas stand at the World Travel Market and was accosted by a large man in a large hat ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have always assumed that a soliloquy could be private whereas a monologue anticipated an audience.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's exactly what I meant. You didn't imagine for a moment that I was advocating the use of a plur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's far better than a boss I once had who only wanted to monologue! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Don't confuse accuracy with style. It's quite possible for a construction to be accurate, but offens......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Not wrong but it can look clumsy. Another such instance is when you have a succession of brackets ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I tried to explain, that confusion would not arise in the UK since "crumpet" when referrring to a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sheer Enlightenment (in The Written Word) by Richard English
A Bud Lite drinker? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The Jayson Blair story was covered in the UK. I confess, though, when I first saw the headline, "Bla......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The word crumpet has three UK meanings, none of which are known in the USA. The crumpet shown in th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
When I ordered an English muffin in the USA I got something that I had never experienced in England.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
No. What you get in the USA if you order an English Muffin is not the same as the thing you get in E......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer and apostrophes (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ask anyone who has survived a pint of US Budweiser, which is about as dishonest an ale as I can thin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer and apostrophes (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It seems to proves that Bateman's are also using traditional signwriters and compositers, does it no......
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