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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
Modern fonts or character maps ought to include the schwa symbol (upside-down e), since these days i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bookworm (in Potpourri) by aput
I would agree with neveu: a theory in science is a consistent set of principles that generates expla......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Crotchety (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'Crook' is just slang in Australia, or perhaps colloquial: like much of their slang it's in common u......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tsunami (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
But the Hepburn system doesn't match the Japanese language -- at least, not as regards /tu/. Would y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Have a Nice Day! (in Potpourri) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Crotchety (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
> the sense of being hooked or bent or obvious. What a strange sentence. The sense of being hook......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tsunami (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This is someone who's been exposed to English for too long. This is not how it works in Japanese. In......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Crotchety (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The related group is from a root ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Feeling poorly (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The problem is that words in "-ly" are usually adverbs, but a few of them are adjectives. An adjecti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Feeling poorly (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
But 'feel' takes adjective complements: she feels tired, she feels irritable, she feels insulted....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Feeling poorly (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
What you're hearing in Brel or Piaf is, I believe, the uvular roll. The uvula actually rolls, the wa......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tsunami (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tsunami (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tsunami (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's pronounced [tsunami] (with the distinctive Japanese form of [u], which doesn't concern us). It......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tsunami (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, the Japanese is /tunami/, pronounced [tsunami]. I find initial [ts] easy to say, so I pronounce......
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Discussion Topic  RE: yclept (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
A word only ever used facetiously. Archaism belongs in carefully archaic styles. Definitely to be av......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
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