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Discussion Topic  RE: Picadillo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
The OED says it's from Hindi fwiw, although there don't seem to be any south Asian connections in th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Picadillo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of the Year (in The Written Word) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ticks the boxes (in The Written Word) by goofy
I don't get it....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Google Translate Oddity (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another Google Translate Oddity (in Potpourri) by goofy
That's weird. The first 2 characters form part of 聖誕祭 (seitanchii) Japanese for "Christmas"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this headline right? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
I don't think it's a typo. It's a nonstandard variant that dates back to the 60s, according to MWDEU......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simply simple (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simply simple (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simply simple (in Potpourri) by goofy
I don't think the issue is whether it is used. The issue is what it means....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simply simple (in Potpourri) by goofy
Pullum has examples from the Wall Street Journal corpus, where "simply" modifies verbs and means "no......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Idiosyncratic spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
They make it sound like there was no writing in English before 600. In fact the runic alphabet had b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What do they teach them? (in Potpourri) by goofy
Kids today. Get off my lawn!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Another take on "no word for..." (in Potpourri) by goofy
Some of these are "captured by an expression in the other dialect". kitty-corner: diagonally opposi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tall Poppy Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is language over 70,000 years old? (in The Written Word) by goofy
The numbers I've heard are 100 000 and 40 000....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Multi-Word Palindromes (in Wordplay) by goofy
Umberto Eco's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Multi-Word Palindromes (in Wordplay) by goofy
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Because they realize how bad it all is??? (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sloyd (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
Old Norse ......
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