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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's a sporting reference, the state of play meaning the current situation in a cricket match. Remem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Next time I'm in Chicago you must show me where the Western Electric Hawthorne works are (or used to......
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Discussion Topic  Spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I went into a McDonalds in Aberdeen Harbour (Hong Kong) since I felt that their washroom facilities ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...You can't get them at McDonald's..." And so are potatoes, buns (made from grain) and cole......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Another mother told her daughter that if she didn't wear underwear to school, the principa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just put on an English accent and nobody will know...!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...(Any PJWodehouse devotes here? Remember Bertie Wooster? That's the more usual spelling, vi......
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Discussion Topic  Dipthong pronunciation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There has been some recent discussion on the OEDILF board to do with the pronunciation of certain wo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Oh, dear, oh, my. Let's see. Polish mathematicians help break the Enigma machine code (and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Are they carbon arc lights? I'm sure they were of British origin..." Indeed they were but......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Anyone who's interested can look back and read what I posted on the topic of light bulbs. Anyone wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Obviously there will have been other nations involved and Jaquard's automated loom was one of the fe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the south of England it's: Gigabyte with a hard g; mauve rhymes exactly with with stove; err rhy......
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Discussion Topic  RE: wool and yarn (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the first manufacturing processes to be automated was textiles and it was this that started t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This discussion on school slang reminds me of another term we used which was "fains" or "fainites" (......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I've only ever heard the verb declined as if its infinitive were "To bags", not "To Bag". Oxford sug......
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Discussion Topic  "Dibs" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On the beer bpard recently someone said, "...But if we're choosing months, I get dibs on November! .......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Centrally, mentally Those from the Black Country Do love our language That much is clear. One thing......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Un? In? I'm not sure and am happy to be corrected. Exgratiate is a made up word - supposed to be th......
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