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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Actually what this discussion does, is demonstrate my long held belief that the IPA table that is pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
There also appears to be a widely held view that cot/caught are homophones which is most definitely ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I have noticed over at OEDILF a tendency to make rhymes like sleep/trip which often pass by the US w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It did. I was responding to Richard. The vowel length may well vary from accent/dialect to accent/di......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
No, not in the Black Country. Everywhere. It's part of what's called assimilation which is the chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: [b]Décalage[/b] (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I forgot to do one but I'll guess anyway. I'll try 1....
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I thought that, but I'll bet they're not, you know. Although we describe these things as one sound ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by BobHale
It's why a lot of people won't post there. If I say something you disagree with just tell me. I don'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
"When I use a word, it means exactly what everyone else wants it to mean." - the Anti-Humpty....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Further to the last post. I actually did a tiny bit of work on this myself for my recent course. I c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I didn't post the MW definition of "pair", I posted the MW definition of "dyad" and if it is accurat......
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Discussion Topic  Balderdash and Piffle II (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
The OED has now announced the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Layman's terms? Noam Chomsky put forward the idea that we are born pre-programmed to learn language......
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Discussion Topic  RE: POTUS: the first acronym? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Interesting question. When does an encoding become a separate language? Indeed, can an encoding be c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: POTUS: the first acronym? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Well, I wouldn't cite that as a use of the word and I'm fairly sure John Simpson wouldn't either. On......
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Discussion Topic  A new plural form? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Attempting to do my regular weekly food shopping today I discovered that the supermarket car parks w......
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Discussion Topic  Simpsons (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I don't very often watch the Simpsons but I saw part of an episode tonight. Bart had drawn a comic s......
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Discussion Topic  DEBAUCHERY (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Elsewhere dale said ......
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