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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
With group nouns (group, tribe, team, committee) both are widely used, and they're much more commonl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Recall and Recollect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This hadn't occurred to me; but there are 260 Google hits for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
Disagree with jheem. It's the stakeholders participating: plural subject. Recast it with simpler wor......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
One of the things most seared into my brain under the Death to Marketing list was seeing a tube of t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Motile vs. Mobile (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think of 'motile' as referring to things like flagella and cilia that can move in place, either to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Risible/Ludicrous/Ridiculous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'Risible' and 'ridiculous' came into English at about the same time, c. 1550, but with quite differe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Icelandic Names (in Potpourri) by aput
They use not just an -s- but whatever the appropriate possessive ending is. The son of Ólafur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: (Condolence) Letter from America (in The Written Word) by aput
under ground: a mole or deceased underground: in a region beneath the ground hm, curious...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by aput
The telephone was invented by an Italian living in Cuba, Antonio Meucci. Bell unfairly got the credi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vocabulary Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
There was no Greek word for 'word' as such, so 'logophile' is as good as any. But if you're trying t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caliph (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caliph (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The caliph (Arabic ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is (or is not) a "word"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
That's a very, very sensible essay and I agree wholeheartedly with how it makes all those distinctio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Homonym is a catch-all term for two words that are the same: could be same sound (homophone), same s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Calque: using a word or words that has a non-standard sense in one language and borrowing that same ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually this doesn't seem to be clear. The regimen is from a Greek word ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dr Seuss's cat (in Potpourri) by aput
Is it just me or does the imprint 'Tapir, Trondheim' not inspire sober confidence? Various issues h......
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