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Discussion Topic  RE: Size-up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Earlier senses in the OED are ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Size-up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Surely the expression is older. Vinyl records scratch but don't break, as far as I recall: it was sh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
To clarify, there are two separate words here. There is 'geezer', an old man, from an earlier form '......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
The hot water boiler is usually spelt geyser, and is pronounced the same as geezer the old man. The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: F-word etymology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Hm, I'm not sure. It looks like Dunbar has both the first recorded use (1503: Be his feiris he wald ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Accents: "protest" and "contest" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think the initial stress on the verbs is a recent development, a levelling of the difference. In s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Customers, Patrons, Passengers, Patients (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I want to scream over the tannoy announcements, 'We're not customers! We're passengers!'. And it mak......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I don't think I've ever come across the word 'reparable'. It would for me be stressed on the first s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Dictionaries lag behind the times. I say [3:] ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
'zebra' is usually ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Risus, rictus, rideo and risum (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Probably the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It isn't mispronouncing! Not if people around you say it like that....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
For me: gigabyte with a [g], mauve with the GOAT vowel [@U], err with the NURSE vowel [3:], and erro......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by aput
Cat: I've seen the photos and I second Kalleh....
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Discussion Topic  wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I keep coming across American knitters who are buying yarn to make things with. I know little about ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
While 'dibs' is grammatically normal ('I've got dibs on the X', 'to call dibs on X'), 'bags' is most......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Royal Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In the Court Circular, the daily gazette of royal appointments, they explicitly alternate: The Prin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by aput
The original game I know as steeplechasing. There's also a game called hare and hounds, which I woul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Subtle distinctions (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I'm with jheem here (naturally). I'm pretty sure you can't take a word in isolation and say what its......
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