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Discussion Topic  RE: Thanksgiving (in The Written Word) by Richard English
There is no editing facility on the FOTA board so we all have to live with our mistakes! Having sai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Periods, commas, and whatnot... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Most Microsoft programs have their defaults set on the apparent assumption that nobody is capable of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Periods, commas, and whatnot... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This will be because you have set this as a preference in your spelling and grammar check options. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Thanksgiving (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The apostrophe is a perfectly simple puntuation mark - it's just a question of knowing the rules for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Come ride with me (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Isn't it fascinating how we try so hard to prevent our children from making the same mistakes that w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Brit speak anyone? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In UK English "U" is usually pronounced as "yew" or "u" (as in "up"). "W" is pronouced as in "wick".......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gossip (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
According to the OED "gossip" did have an earlier meaning of Godparent, from the old English "godsib......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More on limericks (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Ah, that explains it. I hadn't thought of the abbreviation "fems". It's not normally used here, of c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More on limericks (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I like this limerick but I'm not convinced that the word "fhame's" is correctly spelt. As written it......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I don't know that this is an oxymoron. It is usually used to describe a person who, although lacking......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Oscar Wilde said, "...We have everything in common with the Americans - except language, of course........
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not only common but also 100% accurate. Why otherwise "customers"? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree. And as customers you have the perfect right to take your custom elsewhere - and I hope you ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More on limericks (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I like all limericks, as I have mentioned elsewhere and especially in the other limerick thread. How......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Queue call: "Can I help who's next?" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"Clerk" in UK English, rhymes with "park", not with "perk". This is an eccentricity of pronunciati......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are you an oldtimer? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In marketing terms there is a difference. A customer is a person or organisation that buys somethin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: License to play (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK it's not possible to specify a particular combination of letters and numbers on a plate. H......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are you an oldtimer? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Interestingly Rolls-Royce fitted 8-track systems until around 1978 since they considered that they g......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Queue call: "Can I help who's next?" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
And even in jobs where the service is essentially clerical in nature (such as a travel agency) the e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Burning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In UK English the "nt" ending is a common and perfectly accurate alternative for the past tense of v......
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