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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Layed on the couch with his Hand on his head.." I should think he would have been confuse......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...My daughter wants me to give them a break because "they do put a newspaper out everyday." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apostrophe again, sorry. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...is simply another case of leaders' failing to lead by example...." Correct, in my view, s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...BTW, the dictionary contains both spellings, "forfend" and "forefend."..." Another proble......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Forfend is correc; my original posting contained a typo. Insofar as the use of language is concerne......
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Discussion Topic  The Oxford comma (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A question was recently raised on OEDILF about the use of the Oxford comma (a comma before a conjunc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In fact, although forfend is archaic in the UK (although I would use it when speaking to my friend S......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...Sometimes the snow lasts for 2½ months or more...." I can understand the problem - the s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: To coin a phrase (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Jerry, I think the concern was that "these people" meant that I was separating them from ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: To coin a phrase (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...wholeheartedly endorse the use of "you all", or as I prefer it, "y'all", because English ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It might have been more familiar had I spelt it correctly ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...we can't say that because someone crosses the Atlantic they have to start spelling words d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...Let's say I had a job in London and my kids went to public schools there, or whatever you......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The OED prefers the "ize" ending but many, including me, prefer the "ise" ending. Either is acceptab......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banned? Barred? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Church of England, I understand....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...tankering - when airlines dodge high fuel prices at airports to save money..." Airlines, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Did they just decide to take the pronunciation of the limerick writer? Or, how do that han......
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
For the beneift of both UK and US readers, remember that there is a language difference here. When U......
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...And once again it's not the best product that has market share...." Or Dudweiser versus a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
a couple of points. Vinyl records can break but are not fragile. The early wax cylinders were very ......
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