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Discussion Topic  RE: Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (in Potpourri) by arnie
I confess I had not heard of Dr Kübler-Ross before, but on looking through her Web site at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by arnie
I agree with tinman. In the normal course of events the apostrophe s is not used to indicate a plura......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From "Eats Shoots and Leaves" (in The Written Word) by arnie
One hundred years ago commas were much more liberally sprinkled on the page. The fashion nowadays is......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by arnie
The late (extremely camp) comedian Frankie Howerd had as one of his catch phrases "Titter ye not!"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Dorp (in Wordplay) by arnie
Um... 2....
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Discussion Topic  RE: "-asterous" Pejoratives (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by arnie
The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by arnie
I'd say that a prime example of "dry humour" is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's the right word? (in Potpourri) by arnie
I agree that it would be wise to avoid a neologism. Another possible alternative word could be ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hugo's How To Avoid Incorrect English (in Potpourri) by arnie
Bob, Is there any explanation for why the sentence is completely recast in the "aim to/at" example?......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by arnie
The survey was published over here by the BBC, and for those who believe that the schools no longer ......
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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: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
SF has many definitions: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
I'd certainly describe many of Asimov's robot stories as "think pieces". Like many SF authors at the......
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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: 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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