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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Sadly, as the French Academy (I won't use its French title since I still can't work out how to put i......
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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...First, I just don't see how anyone say that 6 letters (2 syllables) is significantly diffe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My point is simply that there is often no reason to use a long word rather than a short one and, ind......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...In return, I invite you to perambulate (11 letters) yourself to your favorite pub, order a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...But, we all know that there have been some mistakes in all dictionaries..." I would hardl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But it should not. That it is thus inacurately used proves (if proof be needed) that there are those......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I would hazard a guess that it comes from the same root as does the ending "lore" in "folklore". R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have no problem with "peruse" but there are many English words whose meaning I do not know. And w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
One of the beauties of the English language is that is has words that are precise, words that are va......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can understand the confusion! In fact, those scenes are of a meeting of the Surrey Vintage Vehicl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Today I have just had a pint or several at the Skimmington Castle. Who knows what a Skimmington was?......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This has long been a hobby-horse of mine. It is my firm belief that instruction manuals are written ......
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Discussion Topic  Dr Seuss's cat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The following reference is from "Getting Your English Right, Tapir, Trondheim 2001" Marking titles,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
put(1) v.tr. 14 throw (esp. a shot or weight) as an athletic sport or exercise. OED. Just one of 17......
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Discussion Topic  Language training (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yesterday I was visiting someone in hospital and, as one does, was idly looking at the notice boards......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gormless through the French Windows (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In his immortal speech to the Oxford Union, Gerard Hoffnung reads out some supposed replies from Tyr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gormless through the French Windows (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A gormless person is one who is rather stupid or ineffectual. Possibly one lacking in serious purpos......
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Discussion Topic  Literacy versus numeracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the UK there is a Government-backed online learning initiative called Learn Direct for which I am......
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