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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Can we let them keep Tracey Ullman?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by BobHale
If we have to lay claim to Jerry Springer we want Bob Hope back as well! (Nice to see you mark)...
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Discussion Topic  cease (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
A question has come up workshopping one of TrossL's limericks at the OEDILF. I won't give too many d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by BobHale
OK Quick guide, since you ask. anapest = three syllables with the last one stressed iamb = two syl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
A few examples of the cot/caught merger from the OEDILF. For me NONE of these rhyme but I am certain......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Cot and caught are true homophones in many US dialects. The pronunciation is somewhere between the t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Never come across it and can't find any internet refs to it. Don't sweat it though. You'd never hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I was certain I'd seen sleep rhymed with trip over there but I've investigated and although there ar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Actually what this discussion does, is demonstrate my long held belief that the IPA table that is pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
There also appears to be a widely held view that cot/caught are homophones which is most definitely ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I have noticed over at OEDILF a tendency to make rhymes like sleep/trip which often pass by the US w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It did. I was responding to Richard. The vowel length may well vary from accent/dialect to accent/di......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
No, not in the Black Country. Everywhere. It's part of what's called assimilation which is the chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I thought that, but I'll bet they're not, you know. Although we describe these things as one sound ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by BobHale
It's why a lot of people won't post there. If I say something you disagree with just tell me. I don'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Personally, I think we should step away from this discussion now. It's becoming too heated and too p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
"When I use a word, it means exactly what everyone else wants it to mean." - the Anti-Humpty....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Good grief, zmj! Richard just said there are circumstances in which he'd drink Budweiser and a falc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Boy, these misunderstandings about who said what and about whom do just keep on piling up don't they......
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