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RE: Is this magic??
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Misplaced modifiers are always good for a laugh! Richard English...
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June 30, 2003 09:39
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It's no mystery! Bateman's slogan is "Good Honest Ales" and the lettering must simply have been mis......
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June 30, 2003 09:33
RE: Turbine
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A turbo-jet is the normal type of jet engine where the incoming air is compressed by a turbine, mixe......
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June 30, 2003 00:57
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I had never heard of sophister (although I knew of sophistry). As it seems to have a scholastic con......
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June 29, 2003 23:36
RE: Turbine
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I only make this point if it's true! After all, the Americans invented quite a lot as well - the sa......
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June 29, 2003 03:34
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I meant to write this. The "d" was a typo. Richard English...
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June 28, 2003 13:45
RE: Turbine
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Gas or steam turbines are what comes to my mind. Parsons (a Brit) invented the steam turbine; Whittl......
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June 28, 2003 13:40
RE: Cultural differences
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I do not intend to get into an argument about this (the more so since this a a word board, not a Roy......
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June 27, 2003 02:02
RE: Iteration
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Not in my edition (1995) although I really ought get a newer one. Richard English...
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June 27, 2003 01:38
RE: And finally, one for the Brits
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When I first spoke to a person at our head office which had just been established in Colne (Lancashi......
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June 27, 2003 01:35
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Camilla Parker Bowles is the mistress of a widower and was his mistress when he was a married man. ......
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June 26, 2003 02:36
RE: Iteration
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I agree it's in the full OED but I generally use the concise. Even in the full OED the word is shown......
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June 26, 2003 02:14
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Originally posted by Graham Nice: ... the name given to those of us on this side of the pond who und......
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June 25, 2003 09:56
RE: English for Americans
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But what does a Scotsman wear under his kilt? I asked one once, "...Is anything worn under your kil......
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June 25, 2003 09:54
RE: Seeing wood
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I suppose she wanted something to cover her boobs... Richard English...
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June 25, 2003 09:47
RE: Iteration
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Acording to the OED, iterate means to repeat or state repeatedly (from the Latin, iterare itself fro......
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June 25, 2003 09:43
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In fact, this is also a rather old-fashioned slang expression for sexual intercourse, so a girl who ......
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June 23, 2003 09:14
RE: Google™ words
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I get no end of people 'phoning me to say that they can improve my position on the search engine lis......
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June 22, 2003 08:14
RE: Google™ words
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If you put in the search phrase "Travel Industry Training" - which is what I do - you will find my s......
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June 20, 2003 09:42
RE: More favorite words....
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Apologies for my typo. I meant, of course, Moreton's and I was referring to his second parallel conv......
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