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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fantastic (in Potpourri) by arnie
Besides "brilliant" and "fantastic", another synonym for "excellent" here is "fabulous", as in the T......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Like Richard, I remember "bags" from my school days. The word "dibs" is known to me; I suppose I mus......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fantastic (in Potpourri) by arnie
As tinman said, I suspect they dropped the "the" for brevity. However, the phrase "available in [the......
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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  Fantastic (in Potpourri) by arnie
I've mentioned my nearby branch of WH Smith before. At the moment it has a number of signs in its wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Game: Where in the world ... (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: acidic chairs emit fragrant stars (in Wordplay) by arnie
George was proud of his collection of curios. They were displayed in a glass-fronted case in his liv......
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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: The verges of vulgarity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
There once was a girl named Madonna To all the boys she'd ask "Do you wanna?" Warren Beatty said no,......
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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: 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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