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Discussion Topic  RE: Why can't the English .......... (in Potpourri) by arnie
To understand what "it" might be requires the quoting of the line before as well: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are the newspapers becoming literate? (in The Written Word) by arnie
Yes, this is a common UK/US difference. Technically, "was" in this case would be correct. The subjec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are the newspapers becoming literate? (in The Written Word) by arnie
Here's a quote from a report of a rugby match in today's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are the newspapers becoming literate? (in The Written Word) by arnie
I think that's another Britishism. It's slightly old-fashioned, and means "every last thing, however......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by arnie
I expect that when ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: It's about time we had another quiz - so, a quiz about time (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Yee-hah! I win! I win! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: For Comment (in The Written Word) by arnie
I haven't written anything for several years. I had several poems on one of my old computers but los......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I would define xenophobia as an extreme dislike or fear of foreigners. As such I don't see any real ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epi- words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by arnie
I never saw the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The Irish are a race that the English tend to believe are illogical. Hence the phrase "an Irish bull......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
There's a bit of fuss being made here in London at the moment. A football (or soccer if you must) cl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Jerry's version is the one I remember from my own childhood. In these more enlightened days I unders......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Hey! Who's Will Robinson and what does he have to do with this thread? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: It's about time we had another quiz - so, a quiz about time (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
OK, here goes: 1. antibiotic - 1940s 2. astronaut - 1920s 3. bulldozer - 1930s 4. chain-store - 192......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My moment of publishing glory (in Wordplay) by arnie
As Bart Simpson would say, "Eat my shorts". ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I think the term "sheik" dates from around the 1920s. Rudolph Valentino set female hearts a-flutter ......
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