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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Lehrer (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I didn't say non-existent, I said rare. And I stick to my guns about that. Tom Lehrer used some very......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Many. Paw, pore, poor and pour - for example. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Simply to be awkward I ferquently treat teenage slang expressions literally. The current favourite,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: By the numbers (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Yes, I have ridden a trike of probably the most precarious type. I used to have a 1935 Rudge Special......
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Discussion Topic  RE: By the numbers (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The expression "quadricycle" (abbreviation "quad") is perfectly correct and this kind of vehicle was......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Celebrated Popping Sprog of Manitoba Provence (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have never heard the expression used in the UK in quite this way, although "sprog" is a common eno......
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Discussion Topic  Less and Fewer - a new slant in "The Times" (in The Written Word) by Richard English
An article recently appeared in The Times whose author was trying to make the point that the disctin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "I leart how things are spelt". (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "nt" construction is very common in UK English but not in US English. I do not know how the alte......
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Discussion Topic  RE: from today's newspaper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Aspirin, although originally a German brand name, is now used to denote any medicine made from acety......
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Discussion Topic  RE: from today's newspaper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have a particular aversion to this and never use the expression "hoover" when I mean vacuum cleane......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Proununciations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "In the UK paw, pour and pore are homophones" Whe I was in primary school (I would have been......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Malaprops? in Wordcraft? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Why not just call them Goldwynisms? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Malaprops? in Wordcraft? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The Goldwyn examples you cite are not, strictly speaking, malapropisms. A malapropism (from the cha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I think it was Sir Malcom Sergeant who, when he heard John Cage's silent work, said that he hoped th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I can't speak about US Law (or for that matter, Scottish or Northern Irish Law) but I do know that i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is quite common to read, in the less worthy press, statements along the lines of: "...Half the sc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I will research although I know, when I last tried, I couldn't find anything except the sites of mod......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Verbifying" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have already made this point elswhere - in English there are no nouns that cannot be verbed! Rich......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I didn't mean to imply that pauses are the only devices that good public speakers use. There are, of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Two Ive heard are "elephants" and "Brahms" Richard English...
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