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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Incidentally factual errors aren't limited to Bryson. In his series and book ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
For the record I've enjoyed all of Bryson's books including his language ones. I have noted a number......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Further to the last post. I actually did a tiny bit of work on this myself for my recent course. I c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I didn't post the MW definition of "pair", I posted the MW definition of "dyad" and if it is accurat......
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Discussion Topic  Balderdash and Piffle II (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
The OED has now announced the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: Deep Grammar and slang, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Layman's terms? Noam Chomsky put forward the idea that we are born pre-programmed to learn language......
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Discussion Topic  RE: POTUS: the first acronym? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Interesting question. When does an encoding become a separate language? Indeed, can an encoding be c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: POTUS: the first acronym? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Well, I wouldn't cite that as a use of the word and I'm fairly sure John Simpson wouldn't either. On......
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Discussion Topic  A new plural form? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Attempting to do my regular weekly food shopping today I discovered that the supermarket car parks w......
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