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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
And welcome from me, too. It's good to see that the Midland Mensans, like the southern Mensans, are......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Entymology (not 'etymology') (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Our climate doesn't lend itself to poisonous creepy crawlies, it seems. We have only one highly po......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...So, is the word "movie" never used in England? For example, do you have "home movies?..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unambiguous Ambiguities (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
But they're not pronounced the same nor do they have the same etymology. And of course, there are m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this an oxymoron? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...BTW, I was intrigued by the chiefly British definition of "Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Modern breakfast cereals originate in the USA, at least, according to this site. Of course......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, they certainly say so but I would like to see some dates and other evidence before accepting t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Hash browns are now a standard item on most hotels' breakfast menus. Is this the first time a foodst......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I've been wrong all my life! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quotes "... I always seem to type 'remember' as 'remeber'..." "...Nearly every time!I find myself t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hashing (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We used to do it in the Boy Scouts but we called it "tracking". There were several signs used along ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A new term of endearment. (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I can't say that I have been called a "c---" so it's hard for me to say how I'd feel being......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have just been reading "Words" by Paul Dickson, (for the gift of which I will always be grateful t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Surely Virge and jheem are right here that this is professional book mostly to be used by ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I said, Bullshit baffles brains and it's quite a while since I've seen a passage containing so mu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Oh, I don't know. It seems an easy enough concept to grasp and a simple enough coinage (i.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suppose the real moral of this tale is that Bullshit, as ever, baffles brains! Talk a load of uni......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metastory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Well,the prfix "Meta-" usually has to do with change of position or situation (such as in metamorpho......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's this kind of "rhyme"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Good, and clever. But I would take issue with the rhymes myself - Alaska/asked her/Astor - a bit str......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's this kind of "rhyme"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, I very much enjoy rhymes that seem to be neither sighted nor near - I mean those which re......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Phrases from French (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...I just meant a funny, upper-class English public schoolboy construction like Bertie Wooste......
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