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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Erasmus' Encomium or Erasmus's Encomium? I have seen both versions....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...[I know that no one here likes basketball..." I don't think it's a question of likes or d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I think of similes as being a rhetorical device that use like or as, but maybe yours is a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Just because people use a word mistakenly shouldn't mean that the definition should chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Imply vs. Infer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...How do you feel about infer being used to mean imply?..." Unecessary since we already hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quote "..."So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?" ..." Last Tuesday, in Qatar, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suspect the final paragraph is the real answer. I don't know how to turn the html on and off for r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Does anyone know why I keep getting messages (the latest being from kdmogzkdmkcd@hotmail.com ) which......
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Poll  RE: 'concrete' - pronunciation? regional? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Difficult, yes. But try stressing the final syllable - as in "discrete" and you will probably agree ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Novercal (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...As has been posted here, there are even (albeit few and far between) errors in the OED (e.......
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Discussion Topic  Sic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
World Wide Words has a feature in which it quotes passages which are amusing because of unintended d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Brilliant, or its abbreviation, "brill" was very common when I was a lad. Like most youth slang it s......
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Discussion Topic  Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have just seen a saying by Thomas Carlyle that was new to me but which I felt is just so, so true.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK a Stein is a different thing. That's a German drinking vessel, typically made from earthen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...I remember Richard once telling me that he would have to live where there was good beer. W......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Decimation and changes of meaning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I wrote a letter to a travel paper once in response to their assertion that the recession could "dec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Decimation and changes of meaning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
CJ is right. The verb "to decimate" seems now to be used as a simile for "to devastate". The shift ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Strategic Objective Teminology (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Actually the "balance scorecard" is no great shakes over here. We have some consultants that use it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Strategic Objective Teminology (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I have spoken of this previously - although whether publicly or as a pt I can't now recall. The pas......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Two questions (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Welcome, anycon. I wish I could answer your questions but will need to research a bit first....
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