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Discussion Topic  RE: Genuine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The original meaning was 'inborn', making it likely the supposed connexion with ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nation vs. Country (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
And the fourth independent state: California (very briefly, unlike the 14 years for Vermont). But t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nation vs. Country (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'State' has the second meaning of 'province' largely because of the United States of America. The th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation again... (in Potpourri) by aput
Degree of stress is relative. If EMpire is pronounced with the vowels it normally has, it's impossib......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nation vs. Country (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I would call the UK one state and four countries. In many regards the four components are countries ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bangs vs. Fringe (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Some Americanisms are familiar, and even in use here, but not 'bangs'. I wouldn't expect people to k......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is Grammar Dead? (in The Written Word) by aput
But Dan McCall ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is Grammar Dead? (in The Written Word) by aput
McWhorter is being completely misrepresented if they're saying he believes in concepts of 'good' or ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
'Prince of Wales' is unusual in being the only territorial princedom*. On the Continent you have the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The Chambers dictionary is Scottish but doesn't list the variant pronunciation of 'donkey'; they wou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I've never heard of anyone who pronounces 'monkey' /'maNki/ like 'donkey' /'doNki/, in any dialect. ......
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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: cognates: 'moon' and 'month' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I can add a couple more from unrelated families: Chechen ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: feedback as a countable noun (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I've never seen it used that way, but it makes sense: 'We've had two feedbacks asking about...'. An ......
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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Comic Germanicisms (in The Written Word) by aput
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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Discussion Topic  RE: "false friends" (in Potpourri) by aput
I wouldn't say ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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