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Discussion Topic  RE: Which is it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've only heard "jig", as well. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Calling "Ralph" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've never heard of the "vomit" use. Over here the "raif" pronunciation is rare, and restricted to u......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Franchise? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
One person's metaphor is another's misuse. I do agree, though, that the attempted metaphor doesn't w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Apprentice (in Potpourri) by arnie
I made a mental note last night to mention her interesting use of vocabulary here but forgot. Thanks......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Root (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
It's not used in the UK. I do know that the US usage causes great hilarity in the Antipodes when enc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Paraprosdokian (in Wordplay) by arnie
It has been so long I'd forgotten what my daffy was, and I didn't recognise it in the list. Anyway, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simpson's Paradox (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I hadn't heard of this by name. but I was aware of the problems involved in interpretation when comb......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Paraprosdokian (in Wordplay) by arnie
Yes, come on, Geoff, just post them!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Inkle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've never heard this word. It seems to be obsolete. Is it used as a noun, verb, or what? There is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Trivia (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The trivium that zmj mentions was followed at university by the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, gr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chugger (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  Chugger (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I don't think this informal UK English word has crossed The Pond yet. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I wish they wouldn't do that (in Potpourri) by arnie
I thought it was some sort of exclamation, as in "Jesus H. Christ!"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I wish they wouldn't do that (in Potpourri) by arnie
I suppose you could say that he was buying a Segway to heaven. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Procure (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Obtain? Get? Sign up?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I wish they wouldn't do that (in Potpourri) by arnie
A minor correction: he wasn't the inventor of the Segway, he was the owner of Segway Inc. Apparently......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Procure (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Yes, indeed. The police have a language all of their own over here, and, it seems, over there as wel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hmm (in Potpourri) by arnie
Kalleh, it would be quite correct to use "are meeting" in those circumstances. As you say, it's the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hmm (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: My grammar course (in The Written Word) by arnie
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