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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: 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: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Funny, his crimes harmed the whole nation, and he spent not one day in jail..." It's stra......
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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: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Cockney rhyming slang is a living form and new terms are being created constantly. They are memorise......
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That is an excellent site. I shall bookmark it....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...They even brought these slice holders to put it in (name for them?), ..." They're called ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I remember it by thinking of what it is that chickens do with eggs!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Footballers, cricketers Sports personalities Everywhere overpaid Everywhere known Ultra-determinedl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Antebellum (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. We would probably say "before the War" or "pre-war" - meaning WW2. The only "ante" word I ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Th Scottish abbreviation I have heard for "He isn't coming" is "He isna' (or isni') coming"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think it fair to say that "ain't", even in spoken English, is not considered correct. The correct ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's a fairly standard hotel breakfast here. Better establishments might have additional items inc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I see. So your suggestion is that a critique is accurate and a criticism inaccurate. I had never he......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have checked with my friend Stewart (a linguophile who hasn't yet visited this board) and he confi......
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