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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: 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: 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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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I used the word Imperial to indicate that I was referring to British, as opposed to US measures. The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
No. On the contrary. In order to finish its fermentation in the bottle it needs to remain at room te......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Just to clarify, I said that tap was originally used to describe the faucet on a cask - I should per......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The words keg and cask have acquired different meanings in UK English in the past fifty years (since......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Valentine's Day -- ah, Love (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
When I was a teenager and, like most young male teenagers, was spending a substantial amount of my t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Similarly they will mention humidity, pollen count and sun strength if any of these are likely to be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Paradigm Paralysis (in Wordplay) by Richard English
As has been discussed many times previously, place names (and trade names too, for that matter) seem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, we have no control over our weather - neither do we have much idea of what it's going to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Characters from Charles Dickens (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Could I vouchsafe that my postings on this board, especially those in response to others' submission......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Paradigm Paralysis (in Wordplay) by Richard English
CJ is correct. The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster is officially known as St Stephens towe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wrack (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
According to Guinness, the word "set" or "sett" has over 150 different meanings . Richard English...
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Poll  RE: And the same poll for the rest of the world (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
That's interesting; over here those kinds of screws are pozidrive headed. Richard English...
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Poll  RE: And the same poll for the rest of the world (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One important fact about screwdrivers should not be forgotten. The slot-headed screw is a much olde......
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