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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe question (in Potpourri) by arnie
The second option. "The Council of Learned Journals' Phoenix Award" is correct because the award is......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Engrossed (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
It survives in a legal context. When documents are written out they are ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ashley Judd: etymology in the news (in Potpourri) by arnie
Michael Quinion recently wrote about seersucker in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by arnie
Richard, I agree, and it's rare to be able to say that about a German word! As I've said elsewhere, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by arnie
The Take Our Word for It site (cited by Kalleh) looks like it may have become defunct. The last upda......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by arnie
I've seen it spelt only as "rigmarole". As usual, Michael Quinion has an excellent article on it at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Entymology (not 'etymology') (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Hmmm... The tenor of this thread makes me even more glad to be living in England, where we have no p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Elide (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I can't bring to mind an example, but I have certainly seen "elide" used in the way Kalleh mentions,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Leadership vs. Jazz (in Potpourri) by arnie
Towards the foot of the page is the paragraph:......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Detective Descriptors (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Two antennas (in Wordplay) by arnie
A while later they had two kids; one of each: UHF and VHF....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gantlet vs. gauntlet (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I didn't know the variant "gantlet" existed until this post. I see that it appears to be an American......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Entymology (not 'etymology') (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Arachnology exists as a word; see ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Detective Descriptors (in Potpourri) by arnie
Elderly Foreign (I could list their countries, such as China, France, etc.)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Brattice (in Wordplay) by arnie
Since Karl is from the West Midlands I'll go with ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Name that Body Part (in Wordplay) by arnie
Then there was Cristobal Colon. Richard has posted a reply in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Korkease (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've no idea, but the use of the capital letter seems to indicate the use of a trade name....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Entertain (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Well now, "to provide amusement" is a pretty good definition of "to entertain". When we entertain so......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Brattice (in Wordplay) by arnie
Karl, Although the OED individually contains the most words, there are lots of dictionaries availab......
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