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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: A challenge! (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I come back from Egypt, and what do I see? A posting from CJ that says, as I quote, "...the shortest......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The definition in the beer dictionary is quite correct although less comprehensive than my own. Ric......
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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: 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: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Your confusion is understandable. There are four quite different words spelt gill, and there are tw......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This is one recipe where the instruction, "weigh out the ingredients carefully" applies in full meas......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Virgin birth (NOT from the tabloids) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "but it's generally accepted that sexual reproduction is better in conditions wherein competit......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Arnie's definitions are as I learnt them and I believe correct for UK English. The OED suggests tha......
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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: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "Why would the brewers not use plain, ordinary unsprouted grain? What is the purpose of sprou......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Are you speaking of US English or British English? The answers are different for each language. In......
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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: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As Mr Bumble said! I will, but later as I'm away today. Richard English...
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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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