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Discussion Topic  RE: "Affected" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Effect is also a transitive verb To effect means "to bring about", as in "He has effected many cha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...What comes to mind when we hear "Samaritan" ??..." These days we think of someone good an......
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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Furrily, purrily Cat from the Black Country Stands up for women As surely she should. We male exgra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Now, what's the betting that 90% of the women here instantly get it, while a similar numbe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Clanishly, manishly Unknowing masculines Struggle in vain Just to understand dames Misunderstanding......
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Discussion Topic  Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the OEDILF there has been some comment about "vulgar" words in Limericks and both CJ and exarp su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
One of the problems with this survey is that it used multiple-choice questions. Inevitably, if you p......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The poll result shows the most popular pronunciation and that is the way the Germans pronounce the w......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Their pattern (and the German pattern too, I believe) is that an imported foreign word tak......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard, just think of IPA as my real ale campaign. Why would anybody want to use some ers......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree that this is the case but I learnt (maybe wrongly) the it is primarily English where a dipth......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...IPA and SAMPA are fine but by their nature they HAVE to be explained in person, it simply ......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...What you suggest is hardly the prevalent practice for new importations...." This might ag......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...There's really no rational reason why anybody gives two hoots about how words are pronounc......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree that pronunciation, like word use itself will change. But Schadenfreude is a relatively new ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I have posted elsewhere, you can hear how an American should pronounce the word here. ......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I am a skeptic here. I have never heard it pronounced "froy-deh."..." Indeed. In the same......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Royal Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I had so many "Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Husseins" in my writing, so our editor ......
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