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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
I wish you'd tell that to the British, who seem to Anglicise the pronunciation of French words as a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Thanks, jheem. I understood the message, but couldn't understand why the squares where there. Thanks......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Can anyone tell me why "jheem"'s message was received here on my computer screen full of small squar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
The Icelandic "geysir" is pronounced "GUY-seer" as in "guy=a man" rhyming with "sky." It didn't go v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Hello again! I'm not a Brit, but I've been in the UK so many times that I've naturally reacted to t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
So when you call Kalleh "hon" do you pronounce it "un?" Sorry....
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Thanks, and the same back to you. Here in Oslo autumn has arrived already, so I hope it's still mild......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Madison lived so long ago that the American language was still heavily influenced by the British, he......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Thanks, Kalleh! I've made my annual pilgrimage home to the family in the USA. Every year I discover ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Have sometimes heard the last two in the USA, but NEVER the first....
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
Thank you, Jerry. It actually DID clear things up, although the difference is not as much as I had e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
My friends from the UK and the Antipodes use "whilst" (some of them, at least) but so far, none of t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by markmywords48
I have a Liverpool friend, nearly fifty, who invariably replies to a good e-mail joke with one word:......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My daughter's boyfriend... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by markmywords48
Aput, there wouldn't really be a problem for the Swedish woman's black American friend, because it's......
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Discussion Topic  lie/lay (in The Written Word) by markmywords48
As an English teacher in Norway, I have realized the following: not only do my students have problem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My daughter's boyfriend... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by markmywords48
In response to Jerry Thomas' query as to why the Spanish word "esposas" also means "handcuffs," I wo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My daughter's boyfriend... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by markmywords48
In Scandinavian languages, the word "sambo" or "samboer" is used. It brings to mind non-PC images of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by markmywords48
Hugh Grant? Tasty? No doubt that's also what that woman in Los Angeles said when the police arrested......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Booty" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by markmywords48
Not to mention "jelly roll", "rock and roll", and "lovin' spoonfull"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by markmywords48
You want Bob Hope and Laurel & Hardy back? You'll have to dig them up first. As for Springer, I WISH......
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