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Discussion Topic  RE: Seeing wood (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
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Discussion Topic  RE: Government in Action (in Potpourri) by haberdasher
Not all USAers. No time for even broadcast TV, let alone cable!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A test about tester (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
...then in this usage "test" is related to the French word "tête" (= "head"), and the circumflex acc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: panoply (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
Again, not from dictionary - A palimpsest is a canvas or parchment or whatever that has been used ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: panoply (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
Is this not a case of language and usage evolving faster than the dictionaries? It touches also on t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A BBC delicacy! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
Did I just finally get the "tin ear" reference? from Rin Tin Tin, via "Rover was killed by a...P......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanglish (and others) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
I suspect it's much older than Ogden Nash. Though I'm sure he would have approved if it had been bl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanglish (and others) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two Tudors to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it ha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Individuals in society (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
I've only encountered it before in the name "Peirian Sodality," a.k.a. the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchest......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Individuals in society (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
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Discussion Topic  RE: Foreign (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
...don't know where it fits in chronologically, but for a while we saw references to "ESL," S standi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A BBC delicacy! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
I plead guilty to calling it Bon Mar-SHAY, but that's on account of assuming that it was meant to be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: An Elementary Major General (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
It's probably repeating a dead horse, but isn't there a word for breaking words in unexpected places......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin ordinal numbers? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
I like "Ist" and I'll wager I'm not the only one. You have no grounds for feeling defensive! Koko ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What weight is a "pound"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
...except, of course, when it isn't. Not when a US gallon isn't an Imperial gallon, and an ounce isn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Negatives (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
A double negative is not the same as an affirmative, actually, except in a purely two-valued system ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: An Elementary Major General (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
...was a Tom Lehrer revival that toured fifteen or twenty years ago. I took my wife and kids to see......
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Discussion Topic  An Elementary Major General (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
An enjoyable adaptation of a song many of us already know can be found at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dove (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
All of the above should be taken as description, not as correction. Regional differences are notori......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dove (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
A few comments on......
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