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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...[I know that no one here likes basketball..." I don't think it's a question of likes or d......
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Poll  RE: 'concrete' - pronunciation? regional? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Difficult, yes. But try stressing the final syllable - as in "discrete" and you will probably agree ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Not Azygous: Shy Spouse-words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
In England the term is used equally for beer. Publicans have an allowance for ullage since it is ass......
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Discussion Topic  Sic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
World Wide Words has a feature in which it quotes passages which are amusing because of unintended d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Brilliant, or its abbreviation, "brill" was very common when I was a lad. Like most youth slang it s......
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Discussion Topic  Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have just seen a saying by Thomas Carlyle that was new to me but which I felt is just so, so true.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK a Stein is a different thing. That's a German drinking vessel, typically made from earthen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...I remember Richard once telling me that he would have to live where there was good beer. W......
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Cockney rhyming slang is a living form and new terms are being created constantly. They are memorise......
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That is an excellent site. I shall bookmark it....
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I remember it by thinking of what it is that chickens do with eggs!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Sweet San Fairy Ann" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The problem here is that two phrases have been combined. As Bob says, the less polite one is "Sweet ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is there a word for this? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It would be stupidity if the person using the word didn't know how to use words; it would be ignoran......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "nemesetic" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, it does depend on the German word. Rucksack, blitz and kindergarten seem to have made th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. There are many variations of the consonant "r". I didn't mean to suggest that there are only......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote " ...American English /r..." I can't be sure what is meant by this but I can say that the Ger......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...how is freude pronounced? One syllable, or two?..." Two. German is phonetic....
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Whoopee! Fight the good fight! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Maybe in Cambridge. But in Oxford the meaning is still shown as it ever was. I intend to fight for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The OED says that, in the UK at least, the use of "comprise" as a simile for "compose", "...is to be......
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