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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I have noticed over at OEDILF a tendency to make rhymes like sleep/trip which often pass by the US w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It did. I was responding to Richard. The vowel length may well vary from accent/dialect to accent/di......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
No, not in the Black Country. Everywhere. It's part of what's called assimilation which is the chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: [b]Décalage[/b] (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I forgot to do one but I'll guess anyway. I'll try 1....
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I thought that, but I'll bet they're not, you know. Although we describe these things as one sound ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
"When I use a word, it means exactly what everyone else wants it to mean." - the Anti-Humpty....
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Yes, I agree. Much as I love Bryson's writing it doesn't do to rely on it as a sole source of inform......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Further to the last post. I actually did a tiny bit of work on this myself for my recent course. I c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I didn't post the MW definition of "pair", I posted the MW definition of "dyad" and if it is accurat......
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Discussion Topic  Balderdash and Piffle II (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
The OED has now announced the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
BTW zmj, is there a mistake in your David Crystal link? It doesn't seem to work form me....
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Last time we discussed this I mentioned David Crystal's book "The English Language" where he has a c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Layman's terms? Noam Chomsky put forward the idea that we are born pre-programmed to learn language......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Make/take a decision (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
We use both and I don't think there is any difference in meaning. On the whole I'd say we use "take"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Demotivation (in Potpourri) by BobHale
And of course the granddaddy of them all ......
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