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Discussion Topic  RE: calved off (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I expect the passengers and crew had a cow....
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Discussion Topic  RE: calved off (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
And mother whales are called cows ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: calved off (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've seen this use fairly often referring to icebergs. The analogy is with a cow and its calf. Glaci......
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you're famous, do the rules bend your way? (in The Written Word) by arnie
Perhaps I'm an old fuddy-duddy, but I find that writing that doesn't follow the usual conventions pu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: True? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've no idea, but the assertation that there are many languages around the world isn't backed up as ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Goo-goo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
It certainly hasn't crossed over the pond to us....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The importance of community languages. (in Potpourri) by arnie
LOL ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Barack (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Is the capitalisation intended to indicate stress? We tend not to stress either syllable and most pe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bonus Culture (in Potpourri) by arnie
If they are contractual obligations they are not, as the media seem to think, bonuses. This type of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The couple are not young... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Generally, in British English, when we are talking about the entity (sporting team, whatever) as a w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: coetaneous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: The couple are not young... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
In the UK a newspaper would have written "the team ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Abraham Lincoln (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
I'm not so sure about Lincoln... Wordcrafter might be a little US-centric here. While there is lit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: fargling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I wonder what the reaction would have been if the contestant had answered "fargling"?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Games and Sports (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
I've heard it used, but since there are so few sports nowadays that cling to the amateur/professiona......
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Discussion Topic  RE: fargling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
More fuss about the same episode of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Most (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'd agree with your colleague. To me, it means a majority, not necessarily a large one....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Not just me (in Potpourri) by arnie
I should probably fashion a lanyard to hang the remote on, so that I can hang it round my neck. I'd ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Birmingham vs the apostrophe! (in Potpourri) by arnie
Not literacy in general, I know, but: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Not just me (in Potpourri) by arnie
With me it's the TV remote control. I sit to watch TV on a two-seater settee and put the remote cont......
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