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Discussion Topic  RE: Origin of "PU" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Ah, I see. Like those other abominations such as "PedXing" and "Nu"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Origin of "PU" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes. But this is PU - and I assume is pronounced as "pee-yew" - and we don't, in my part of the worl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What do you think? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
One story I have heard which makes a good point about words is that of the Irishman and the Spaniard......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Origin of "PU" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It doesn't over here!...
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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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Discussion Topic  RE: What do you think? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...The Irish language doesn't have a word for "yes" and "no." They say things like, "It is" o......
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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: 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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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Just skin to sleep in.... never! How unprotected!!! ..." Is this a US thing, maybe? Altho......
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Discussion Topic  RE: European Babel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This is one reason why many citizens of the UK don't want to be in the EU. It is a profligate and in......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In fact, although forfend is archaic in the UK (although I would use it when speaking to my friend S......
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Discussion Topic  RE: bed clothing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...What do you Brits call your pajamas or nightgowns?..." We call our pajamas, pyjamas....
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Discussion Topic  RE: ONLIEST (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "onliest", like the "very unique", does not and cannot exist as a sensible descriptor....
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