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Discussion Topic  RE: refugee (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I meant elicit, and just typed the wrong word. My pronunciation of elicit is pretty close to illici......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
I wrote a computer program in about 10 minutes. Then I spent 15 minutes tracking down a file which ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
"Asshole" is definitely considered a swear, as is just "ass", and referring to the animal walks a fi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: refugee (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Well, they're seeking refuge, and that makes them refugees to me, and it is the word I've used to de......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'credulity' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Do people talk about "hoovering" mostly in England? I've never heard that term before in America....
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Well, they started out as different ways to pronounce the same work, but they have different connota......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What can I do you for? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
It started off as a sexual innuendo, and now is just a whimsical way of saying the very common "what......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Did some checking, and the only remnants of the rule I can find are: Bring/Brought Buy/Sought (Edit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: blankie (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Of course! A blankie is a blanket, except has special emotional attachment for a child. Often it i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
I found "deeded", and that is the only one I can find of any higher order. How about words where ea......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
I cheated, and wrote a computer program to do the work for me. Here are a couple of results from a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
In America, we would say "wreak havoc", not "wrought havoc", although the latter isn't unheard of, e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'credulity' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
That is odd. I think I may have heard the lend/barrow confusion once or twice in vernacular speech ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Bring/brought Teach/taught Work/wraught This was a fairly productive rule in Old(?) English....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yanks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I was referring to Ryan SandbErg, of the Chicago Cubs. Not to be confused with Carl SandbUrg, the f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "went missing" (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
My wallet is missing. My left shoe is missing. The Lindbergh baby is missing. My book is missing....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Repetitive Redundancies (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Kalleh, for a beer with a slogan like "My Goodness my Guinness", one doesn't really need to preferen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yanks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Asa, I didn't know number 23 for the Cubs was a writer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Belies (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
My feeling is it is a bad usage. The words belies and betrays are used in similar contexts, and the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Repetitive Redundancies (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
From the topic beer, Caterwauller said ......
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