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Discussion Topic  RE: refugee (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I'm estimating here, but I would say there are almost a billion people worldwide who live on a dolla......
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Discussion Topic  A discussion today (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I was at lunch with my co-workers, and the topic of science came up. I made a comment about how dur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: So seductive, but false... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Is there some possibility that their is a relationship between scura and scutiger in PIE? Obviously......
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Discussion Topic  RE: refugee (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I meant elicit, and just typed the wrong word. My pronunciation of elicit is pretty close to illici......
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Discussion Topic  RE: refugee (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Well, they're seeking refuge, and that makes them refugees to me, and it is the word I've used to de......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'credulity' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Do people talk about "hoovering" mostly in England? I've never heard that term before in America....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Did some checking, and the only remnants of the rule I can find are: Bring/Brought Buy/Sought (Edit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: blankie (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Of course! A blankie is a blanket, except has special emotional attachment for a child. Often it i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
In America, we would say "wreak havoc", not "wrought havoc", although the latter isn't unheard of, e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'credulity' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
That is odd. I think I may have heard the lend/barrow confusion once or twice in vernacular speech ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Bring/brought Teach/taught Work/wraught This was a fairly productive rule in Old(?) English....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yanks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I was referring to Ryan SandbErg, of the Chicago Cubs. Not to be confused with Carl SandbUrg, the f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "went missing" (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
My wallet is missing. My left shoe is missing. The Lindbergh baby is missing. My book is missing....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Repetitive Redundancies (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Kalleh, for a beer with a slogan like "My Goodness my Guinness", one doesn't really need to preferen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yanks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Asa, I didn't know number 23 for the Cubs was a writer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Belies (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
My feeling is it is a bad usage. The words belies and betrays are used in similar contexts, and the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Repetitive Redundancies (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
From the topic beer, Caterwauller said ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Arguably a boring topic (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I am arguably the smartest man alive. I'm not saying that I am the smartest man alive, but one coul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yanks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I was called a Yankee the other day, and it was mildly disturbing. I'm from Chicago, and I've alway......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Aeronautical terms: why French? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would like to help out, but I don't think I've ever heard any of those terms. I've never really s......
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