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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, there's the surprisingly persistent myth that Anheuser Busch and Millers brew beer and the ass......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Nor do I. It tastes positively foul! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
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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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree. I still use Roget's Thesaurus and find it better than the MS Word thesaurus. However, I do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Maybe the answer is to find a selection of boards, covering various interests, and then get those in......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
We use the verb "to network" very commonly in the UK these days. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Endemic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This has never been compulsory in the UK, but few parents (mainly those with religious convictions) ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My immediate reaction is, "How unspeakably rude". Sadly, I suppose this more a reflection on my age......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is not always wrong to deliberately split an infinitive (providing, of course, that one knows wha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Endemic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Measles has not been endemic in England for many years because of almost universal vaccination. Howe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah well, we are all human and and thus blest with human frailties - of which typing errors is just o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
After having complained about the lack of a spell-checker on this board, what do I find? Try ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed, yes. Sadly there is no spellcheck on this board which would help to eliminate such typos - ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Americanisms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Apologies. I knew it was Yiddish. I do know the difference between the languages - blame it on a tem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We had assumed that they would be some sort of rissole made from minced chicken - maybe a bit like a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sadly this expresssion is common over here. It is usually uttered by those whose concept of life rev......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
On Monday we went out for a meal and Margeret ordered from the specials board: "Chicken fries and sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I would add to this only the rider that, because one form of expression is grammatically correct, th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Americanisms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I always understood that this was Jewish and meant "cheek". Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's it called ? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A boardwalk is a walkway - made of boards! They tend to use them in the states to make it easy to wa......
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