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RE: British vs. American English
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I meant that the expression "state of play" means "how are things at the moment". "State of the art"......
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October 05, 2004 14:51
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Quote "...One of my colleagues was describing a fellow colleague to me (the latter wears short skirt......
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October 05, 2004 14:48
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Canoodle is not uncommon in UK English, though it's probably rather an old-fashioned term these days......
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October 02, 2004 03:37
RE: "Drill down"
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There was a lot of discussion on brainstorming on one of the HRD boards and I was very interested si......
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October 02, 2004 03:33
RE: Limericks, continued
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It's good now to have a librarian An expert in matters grammarian But the Limerick rhyme Could take ......
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October 02, 2004 03:24
RE: Panopticon Effect
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Quote "...workers are going about their business, but when they are watched, they perform higher..."......
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October 02, 2004 03:07
RE: British vs. American English
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Well, as you no know, it's very different from "state of the art"! It simply means "how are things a......
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October 01, 2004 00:06
RE: "Drill down"
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I have heard it most often when applied to computers. Quite how it differs from "analyse" or from an......
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October 01, 2004 00:04
RE: Panopticon Effect
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Quote "...The whole story was applied to medical facilities; if they think they are being serveilled......
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September 30, 2004 23:26
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Quote "...Most I think would agree that there's a difference between survey as a noun and surveillan......
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September 30, 2004 10:57
RE: Panopticon Effect
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It seems a bit pointless to me. What's wrong with "surveyed"?...
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September 29, 2004 23:21
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It's a sporting reference, the state of play meaning the current situation in a cricket match. Remem......
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September 28, 2004 23:22
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Next time I'm in Chicago you must show me where the Western Electric Hawthorne works are (or used to......
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September 28, 2004 23:15
RE: Spell-check Syndrome
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Quote "...Also, the translation program changed UK to British; I imagine this doesn't please the Sco......
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September 27, 2004 11:53
RE: Italian: dropping the final vowel
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Or even, "Los otro(s) si; Yo, no"...
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September 26, 2004 14:11
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Quote "... whereas a "quad" can be a "quad bike" or a place where people gather in a courtyard, some......
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September 26, 2004 01:36
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Which would suggest to me that, although translators' work might be under threat, there must be many......
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September 26, 2004 01:15
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On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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September 25, 2004 09:35
RE: Spell-check Syndrome
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You can delete automatic corrections if you want to - or even turn the thing off completely. I use R......
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September 25, 2004 04:24
RE: Gimpel
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Never heard of it!...
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September 23, 2004 11:50
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