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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It is my belief that the accents of the less well-educated (whatever accent they might be) tend to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This morning it was announced that the supermarket chain Morrisons had launched a takeover bid for S......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The checkout payment phenomenon cited here is one that I have frequently observed, standing as I usu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It is a strange phenomenon, which I have often observed, that people stock up for a three-month sieg......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the UK the organisation is Safeway (without the "s"). I don't know whether it's the same as the U......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I still suspect that much of it is to do with vocabulary, rather than accent. Even those with strong......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different things to different people (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Another source of confusion is the names given to hotel boarrd terms: American Plan = full board =......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Some thoughts on less and fewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, following several complaints, the supermarkets in this part of the world have changed their......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I can even tell the difference between Dudley and Wiolverhampton! Mind you, I've invested much time......
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Discussion Topic  Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This week we have been receiving "severe weather" warnings which brought to my mind the differences ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah, but the Black Country accent can't even be understood by those living in Birmingham! But seriou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I'm sure you would have no difficulty in understanding our accents, although possibly not all of our......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Script (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My wife (a Health Visitor) always refers to prescriptions as "scripts" (or maybe "Scrips" - I must c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
UK English tends to stress the first syllable of two-syllable words so it's usually GA-rage. Whether......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From today's news (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although the term "motorised glider" might be considered oxymoronic, there is a reason for it. It i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catchy company mottos (in Potpourri) by Richard English
And do I really want to go to the "Furniture and Hosiery Capital of the World"? Even if it were tr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although I don't have access to a copy I'd be willing to bet that the CMOS is correct in what it say......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catchy company mottos (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The newish Banks's pub at Fiveways, Birmingham used to be called the "Unspoilt by Progess" if my mem......
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Discussion Topic  Catchy company mottos (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have today been browsing the Web since I have been unable to get in touch with any of my customers......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I have said many times previously, it matters not how the word ends, the rule for creating a pass......
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