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Discussion Topic  RE: Rumbustious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Rumbustuous is not all that common a word here but would not be considered eccentric or arcane. Most......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's a sporting reference, the state of play meaning the current situation in a cricket match. Remem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many syllables in "Don't spoil the oil"?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Bugs Bunny pronounces such words with two syllable, "...OK Mac - where's the fy-er..." I don't know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "... whereas a "quad" can be a "quad bike" or a place where people gather in a courtyard, some......
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Discussion Topic  Spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Or is it just me? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't know whether you have an equivalent in the USA but in the UK we have the Plain English Campa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Compumation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Junction? Unction?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think that what I am trying to say is that I don't try to take sides where there is dispute. Where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Ah, that's why people like wafflers, middle-of-the-roaders, and fence-sitters so much. I s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin for the 21st Century (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Fortunately that particular expression has gained little currency here - at least among the older ge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin for the 21st Century (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a pseudo-swearword created for use by the actors in the British TV series Porridge. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just put on an English accent and nobody will know...!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: discomfort quotation marks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...They, like Word, tend to be sticklers on 'which' and 'that.'..." Probably because they us......
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Discussion Topic  RE: discomfort quotation marks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Full stop to end the idea in the brackets, question mark to end the question. I confess th......
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Discussion Topic  Dipthong pronunciation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There has been some recent discussion on the OEDILF board to do with the pronunciation of certain wo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caucasian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just a couple of points. It is matter of common observation that the differences between different ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caucasian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I have been away for a while I didn't get into this discussion from the begining. However, I woul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the south of England it's: Gigabyte with a hard g; mauve rhymes exactly with with stove; err rhy......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In The Times yesterday they published a headline in their "This Day" column, that related to 1959. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Not sure what the that in "than that" refers to...." It's a careless sentence, I agree. I......
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