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Discussion Topic  RE: The dreaded semi-colon! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'm a semi-colon person. I tend to use them fairly liberally in my writing, and am often tempted to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's in a Name? (in Potpourri) by arnie
It looks like Richard missed out the link from his earlier message. However, here are a couple of li......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
I'd guess that using "iff" in conversation -- with mathematicians or not -- must be confusing, since......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quinion's new book! (in The Written Word) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chameleon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
"Choir" and "chorus" spring to mind. For some reason "chalcedony" also occurred to me. The must be l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: balls to the wall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
It certainly does seem ludicrous. What is it supposed to mean? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Yep, "bloke" is British, too, although Michael Quinion says it turns up slightly earlier in Austral......
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Discussion Topic  RE: BLUFFING GAME: setenant (in Wordplay) by arnie
I certainly don't object to starting the scores afresh. It was getting a little embarrassing to be l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Strange (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'd never call you strange, Kalleh! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Kalleh, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: BLUFFING GAME: setenant (in Wordplay) by arnie
I must confess that I knew the word. As a boy, I used to collect stamps, and I remembered it from th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: BLUFFING GAME: setenant (in Wordplay) by arnie
All the definitions look possible, but I'll go for No. 2. BTW, gnormal, you can pick any one defini......
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Discussion Topic  RE: begging the question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I can't say I've ever heard "beggar the question" used, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone, some......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Blimp (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
One article I found was at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms of Illogic (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
Michael Quinion's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Moslem vs. Muslim (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The HSBC Bank shows some moderately amusing TV commercials here based on how easy it is to offend pe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Regional accents (in Potpourri) by arnie
It is sometimes very useful to have an ear for regional accents. I remember some years ago chatting ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names and origins of sports (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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