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Discussion Topic  RE: Lock of Hair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Lock the hair (OE ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Britannia (in Potpourri) by aput
The original personification was on Roman coins, with some of the attributes of the later representa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Hard words' from "River Horse" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
Indeed, the Macbeth is why any reasonably educated person should know 'incarnadine', as it instantly......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Salutations (in The Written Word) by aput
I use "Dear Madam/Sir" for an unknown addressee, and also use the standard distinction of "Yours fai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Another contemporary reference is the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Andragogy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
No, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, Spanish b/v, d, and g are all soft (lenited) between vowels. They're only explosive as in Engli......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Right, well 705 clinches it. There appears to be no evidence ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The terms lenis and fortis, weak and strong, are ones I consider of only marginal value in phonetics......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms for Sexual Intercourse (in Potpourri) by aput
discussing Ugandan affairs...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well, the whole thing is wildly anachronistic, but as Cornwall is the modern name of a place, it's n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Adjectives from proper nouns (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In mathematics removal of the capital is a high honour, not accorded to all eponyms: Hermite is comm......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Horsey Talk (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Pig's trotters are, I think, pig's feet used as an article of food. And no, I've never heard of anyo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Subordinate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It sounds like a formal, neutral term to me. I do detect that there could be a pejorative whiff abou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Colors of Spring" -- and others (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ntrstng thry (in The Written Word) by aput
ntllgbl r nntllgbl?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Across the lifespan (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually no. I was puzzled by it at first, then thought it must refer to goods or products, or perha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pharming (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think if you have a broadband connexion at home, that's permanently on so would need a fixed IP ad......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Brevity in writing (in The Written Word) by aput
But you only feel doubt because you know, in this case, the right fact, and it jars. Say it said the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pharming (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
An unfortunate word, because pharming is well-established as meaning pharmaceutical farming. I would......
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