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RE: Genuine
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The original meaning was 'inborn', making it likely the supposed connexion with ......
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April 02, 2005 06:08
RE: Nation vs. Country
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And the fourth independent state: California (very briefly, unlike the 14 years for Vermont). But t......
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February 26, 2005 00:15
RE: Nation vs. Country
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'State' has the second meaning of 'province' largely because of the United States of America. The th......
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February 25, 2005 11:39
RE: Pronunciation again...
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Degree of stress is relative. If EMpire is pronounced with the vowels it normally has, it's impossib......
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February 24, 2005 11:52
RE: Nation vs. Country
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I would call the UK one state and four countries. In many regards the four components are countries ......
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February 24, 2005 11:38
RE: Bangs vs. Fringe
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Some Americanisms are familiar, and even in use here, but not 'bangs'. I wouldn't expect people to k......
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February 21, 2005 16:12
RE: Is Grammar Dead?
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But Dan McCall ......
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February 14, 2005 00:22
RE: Is Grammar Dead?
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McWhorter is being completely misrepresented if they're saying he believes in concepts of 'good' or ......
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February 13, 2005 13:11
RE: British vs. American English
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'Prince of Wales' is unusual in being the only territorial princedom*. On the Continent you have the......
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February 13, 2005 00:26
RE: Pronunciations
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The Chambers dictionary is Scottish but doesn't list the variant pronunciation of 'donkey'; they wou......
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February 06, 2005 23:37
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I've never heard of anyone who pronounces 'monkey' /'maNki/ like 'donkey' /'doNki/, in any dialect. ......
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February 06, 2005 12:22
RE: British vs. American English
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Modern fonts or character maps ought to include the schwa symbol (upside-down e), since these days i......
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February 03, 2005 12:20
RE: cognates: 'moon' and 'month'
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I can add a couple more from unrelated families: Chechen ......
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February 02, 2005 07:56
RE: feedback as a countable noun
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I've never seen it used that way, but it makes sense: 'We've had two feedbacks asking about...'. An ......
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January 23, 2005 01:15
RE: Feeling poorly
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The problem is that words in "-ly" are usually adverbs, but a few of them are adjectives. An adjecti......
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January 19, 2005 14:23
RE: Feeling poorly
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But 'feel' takes adjective complements: she feels tired, she feels irritable, she feels insulted....
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January 16, 2005 15:29
RE: Feeling poorly
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This is still in use: I am feeling poorly. It has rather an old-fashioned feel for me, and I'd be mo......
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January 15, 2005 23:44
RE: Comic Germanicisms
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By far the simplest way if you want an é is to spot that there is already one above you, in the word......
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January 14, 2005 11:53
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January 14, 2005 00:37
RE: Apostrophe again, sorry.
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