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Discussion Topic  RE: Don't go here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The Concise Oxford does have "anymore" but suggests that it is a North American variant. It also m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite Insult? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Although I suspect it's a British trait, I also suspect that it is strongest among the English. Ce......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite Insult? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
You must understand that we, in England, are very tolerant people. We do not blame the Europeans for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is there a word for it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I assumed that a "decapitated head" was a "headless head" - and that's an oxymoron. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite Insult? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Yes, but they do all sorts of strange things in Europe. We British try to ignore them. Richard Engl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Mortar can indeed contain cement. It just doesn't have to, that's all. Incidentally, cement can be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not necessarily. Traditional lime mortar is not cement, nor need it contain it. The reason why mort......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is there a word for it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suggest that "decapitated head" is oxymoronic. You can only decapitate a body, surely. Richard En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
At the Amberly Chalk Pits Museum there is an exhibition of concrete artifacts (the chalkpit used to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Hedge Rage" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I did check to see that this story was not printed on April 1st...! Hedgeline? Well, maybe. 4000 pa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cyberninny Strikes Again ! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have a contact in Denmark who collects corporate ballpoint pens (he now has many thousand). I won......
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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: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Only because you let it! Many English homes have separate toilets - it is actually a significant sa......
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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: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Just how far back do you want to go? In Henry the Eigth's reign there was, at Hampton court palace,......
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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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