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Discussion Topic  RE: The "Th" pronunciation shift. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Many young (or would-be young) urban English folk speak in their own argot which is a mix from a lot......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The British Army (in Potpourri) by arnie
The first Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) once described the British Army as "The scum of the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The "Th" pronunciation shift. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Then there's the "v" sound to contend with. A word like "weather" becomes "wevver"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Now hear, or see, this! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
They have different roots. According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less and Fewer Again (in Potpourri) by arnie
It's not that anyone finds the signs confusing. Prescriptive pedants like Lynne Truss will gleefully......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less and Fewer Again (in Potpourri) by arnie
That's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Amethyst (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The ancient Greeks and Romans weren't the only ones to believe in the power of the amethyst; ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Porphyria" and colors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The word describe a condition caused by an abnormality of the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Whippersnapper (in The Written Word) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: To Censor or Not to Censor . . . . (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The English tend to find it rather amusing the way that many Americans removed references to "cock" ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Amethyst (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Interesting. I hadn't known about the etymology, but it doesn't really surprise me. The ancient Gree......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game: Gibraltar (in Wordplay) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game: Gibraltar (in Wordplay) by arnie
One is on its way from me, too....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Train Wreck (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
They have cleaned up their act quite a bit since the early days when then RealPlayer did indeed cont......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Train Wreck (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'm pretty sure that BBC Radio is free-to-all; only TV programmes are limited to UK users. What happ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms Once Again (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Train Wreck (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The use here is a metaphor, not a simile. If it had been described as "......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cyparis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The URLs were very long and "broke" the forum's software, so I posted an abbreviated version of the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Swift (if not cunning) linguist (in Potpourri) by arnie
Another British medallist - this time only a silver - was Acer Nethercott, the cox of the GB men's r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: gaol's too good for 'em (in The Written Word) by arnie
Richard, I don't think we do exactly. Check out the comments in the Language Log link for quite a l......
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