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Discussion Topic  RE: What's today? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Not so much in England but there is still bitter Catholic/Protestant rivalry in Northern Ireland. R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why can't the English .......... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I like Oscar Wilde's quote in the Canterville Ghost in which he said of Mrs Otis, an American who wa......
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Discussion Topic  What's today? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have a calender that shows an old English word or expression for every day and also, where possibl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That link suggests that the word is Italian - a language I don't speak. Maybe that's what it means i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In Spanish this is an adjective with meanings having the sense of "wild"; "courageous"; "rugged" etc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I suspect that this worry has been around ever since the invention of writing and the gradual increa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There are very many perfectly good words that have changed their meaning to the extent that some are......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The Manx Parliament, the House of Keys, is claimed to be the World's oldest legislature. All beer b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: For Comment (in The Written Word) by Richard English
My poetic efforts have been mainly restricted to Limericks - although I did many years ago write a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quite correct. The best ones are "rumpies" which have nothing but a hollow where the tail would nor......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Flowery language (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Possibly. But some people use complex language simply to confuse. I had a boss once who would write......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Actually, a lot of people don't know where the Isle on Man is. Well, here's a clue - it's nowhere n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Importance of Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard English
A woman without her man is nothing. In tests it has been found that men tend to read this sentence ......
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Discussion Topic  St. Stephen's Tower (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Following my recent post and admission that I was uncertain of the spelling of this well-known Londo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I was wondering when somebody would ask... The thread was about Arabic words in English and shufti ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Over here it means "Frequency Modulation". This is a method of radio wave transmission in which the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quid-ity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A quid is a pound sterling. The word is not usually used in the plural - it's ten quid, not ten quid......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
If this is true then it seems likely that there are more Arabic words in English! Maybe someone wou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, I suspect the phonetic languages are the norm and non-phonetic languages are the exception.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My! The world has changed - or maybe it's just different in Cambridge! Richard English...
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