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Discussion Topic  RE: "gallows": why the plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Some gallows were actually made with a triangular top with three legs. This arrangement was often kn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
If you're too shy to tell us then a photo would do ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: feedback as a countable noun (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Feedback is a very common term in the training world and I would always consider it uncountable. "......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Feeling poorly (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"He feels proper poorly" would be understood in the south but would be considered a little quaint....
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah Edith Piaf. Now she did have a special sound when she said "r" (and it's still the "r" than make......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the few talents I have is that of mimicry - and thus pronunciation. It is not a subject I hav......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
You know, I think you're right and I hadn't spotted this previously. In fact, I suspect there might ......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I don't think I've ever heard Swiss German. I learnt mine from a fairly high-borne Viennese lady and......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Probably the most difficult part of Schadenfreude for English speakers to pronounce is the "r" in Fr......
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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: Pumping for information (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...What are high-heeled shoes called them?..." They are called (and wait for this)...high he......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pumping for information (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
At school I called them plimsolls....
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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I probably use the term more often than I use the garment - and that is even more true of pyjamas!...
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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: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I was wrong about futons. I had thought the word was a synonym for duvet in the USA (it's not used h......
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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  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Should I start a pole???..." If you wish. We have nothing against Eastern Europeans here....
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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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