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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One thing that must surely astound Is the strength of the GBP The poor USD 's getting smaller and s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Here's another one I've just thought up (and no beer references!): A fellow from Bountiful (UT) Onc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
These are probably the kinds of Limericks I appreciate most. Here's a topical example that I have ju......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I understand that Shlitz "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" achieved this distinction because it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Sadly, CJ, it is not. It is to be somewhere where the beer is even better than that in Chicago! Ric......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
As I have said previously, there can be no rights or wrongs about pronunciation, only differences. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
True. But it is certainly one of the world's oldest ones... Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from the Comic Strips (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I learnt yesterday that the famous Beano comic strip character, Dennis the Menace, was created that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: English as she is writ by UK stylists of note (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a common US device to refer to The Times as such in order that is not confused with the, clear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from the Comic Strips (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
It was also the name given to the famous WW2 Wellington bomber (designed by Barnes Wallis of Dambust......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not unless magnetism or gravity are doing the job. "Suction" works only when there is an area of low......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's an attractive notion but it's not actually true. The additional effort required by the lead cyc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I listened to that episode of Car Talk, and was surprised that the crazy Magliazzi borther......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slipstream (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, although it's not a completely free ride, there is an overall reduction in resistance. The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Swifties (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I had assumed that the descriptive word had to qualify the verb describing Tom's actions - in the mo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
This is a British English word that gained currency around the middle of the last century (when I wa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quote "..."Do you know who I am? I bloody demand that he's upgraded. Don't you know he's a millionai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
His wife (Penelope Chetwode) wasn't involved in the interview but I suspect she wouldn't have been c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
John Betjemen, when interviewed shortly before he died was asked whether he had any regrets. His ans......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I read today (although I haven't checked the quotation for accuracy) that the OED carries 14,070 dif......
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