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Discussion Topic  RE: Keep your hands to yourself (in Potpourri) by arnie
And "bugger" can even be used as a term of endearment or affection in some circumstances....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Keep your hands to yourself (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Keep your hands to yourself (in Potpourri) by arnie
The article is about gestures that are innocent in the United States that mean something completely ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pop-up Restaurant (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The phrase isn't that old, perhaps five years. There have been similar shop openings in the past, wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pop-up Restaurant (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Yes, they're quite common in London. As well as restaurants other retail outlets such a fashion stor......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The marketplace (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've never heard the term 'marketplace' used to describe a shop either. Over here, it's used to desc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bagged (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'd have guessed that the patient was dead and put in a body-bag. I suspect it's partly a generatio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Oxford Comma (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Our style guide at work says not to use the serial comma in normal writing, but if there is danger o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of the year? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: That many? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'm amazed at the late citation for "cwm". Perhaps it's the way it is spelled. In this area there ar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: That many? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
As goofy says, there are very few pre-Roman words (mainly place-names or words describing a geograph......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Incivility (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Incivility (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Different people have differing ideas on that subject. Email is certainly a much more informal mediu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rites to passage (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Pronouncing nearby Greenwich as "Grinnidge"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: köse (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
From goofy's dictionary link, after double-clicking on a few words I got this in a pop-up for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: verified (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Maybe she meant "veritable"?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Risley and Hart language study (in Potpourri) by arnie
Yes, I knew about this work and similar studies over here. The most important part of a child's life......
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Discussion Topic  RE: unusable words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The author feels that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: unusable words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
That's a lovely article and a lovely conceit. That last word, by the way, is probably also an unus......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Insults (in Potpourri) by arnie
I get "Premium content is currently available only to users within the United States". ......
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