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Discussion Topic  RE: Corroboration vs. Collaboration (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Do you think these 2 words can be used synonymously?..." No....
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Discussion Topic  RE: a "blow in": follow-up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...(no, I've not even had ONE DRINK, although with all the references to good beer around her......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rumbustious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Rumbustuous is not all that common a word here but would not be considered eccentric or arcane. Most......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Changing meanings... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...However, the most interesting discussion was about the mundane word 'nice.' ..." The word......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms of International Relations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...*A number of writers (exampls below) state that "illegal combatant" is merely a term conve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Oh, dear, oh, my. Let's see. Polish mathematicians help break the Enigma machine code (and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Are they carbon arc lights? I'm sure they were of British origin..." Indeed they were but......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Anyone who's interested can look back and read what I posted on the topic of light bulbs. Anyone wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Obviously there will have been other nations involved and Jaquard's automated loom was one of the fe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the first manufacturing processes to be automated was textiles and it was this that started t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This discussion on school slang reminds me of another term we used which was "fains" or "fainites" (......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I've only ever heard the verb declined as if its infinitive were "To bags", not "To Bag". Oxford sug......
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Discussion Topic  "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On the beer bpard recently someone said, "...But if we're choosing months, I get dibs on November! .......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My EFL group poetry (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Criticise all you like but until I can do work of the same standard in theirlanguage I'll ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My EFL group poetry (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I've never been able to understand how writing prose with short paragraphs turns it into poetry....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Here's another great olden tyme word for you, fie! ..." There are some wonderful words th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "It is a revelation to learn of Ms. Anderson's literary talent" I read recently that Elvis Pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Gay is a nice short, non-medical word meaning homosexual. There is no other. It is a word......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My objection to the hijacking of "gay" as meaning homosexual is a simple one. There is no exact sy......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unambiguous Ambiguities (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
But they're not pronounced the same nor do they have the same etymology. And of course, there are m......
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