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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Mind you, if it was a typical US bar serving typical US beer, I can understand their reluctance to w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I hope you ordered a proper beer, like Goose Island... Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Weird and Wonderful Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I have never heard of this word although there is an archaic word, "Gammer" which means "an old woma......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The last time I checked the per person consumption in the UK was lower than some other European coun......
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Discussion Topic  The verb "to suck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I am aware of the vulgar origins of this term when used in the sense "American beer sucks", and thus......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Am I a mutt? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Hello again, Duncan. Nice to chat again - you will note that the beer thread is still alive and wel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since, at our present state of knowledge, the only way to re-hydrate anything is to add water to it,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just another reason for eschewing the ubiquituos beer-can in favour of the more ecologically sound, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
"Moving the goal posts" is the only term I have yet understood. Incidentally, the expression "to pu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I rest my case in my defence of Oxford! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have certainly never seen a source that suggests this! The difference between the "to draw a concl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
And I suspect that, in the decade since this research was undertaken, the word count has increased s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I know very little about sport but was forced to play Rugby Football at school. Fumbling was a term ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, when one visits an area and begins to associate with the locals (one of the great virtues......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
No. We play football - you call it soccer to distinguish from America Football (which is a bit like ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
In fact, this is only a shorter phrase than its English equivalent because of the German habit of co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
We have far more words in English than there are in German. The one, oft-quoted word, that they do h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Archaic, maybe; picturesque, I think so. Why not use some attractive terms occasionally? Richard En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Heaven forfend that this should ever happen. One of the great strengths of English is its lack of ge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
You might be interested to learn that the term is meaningless in the UK (as, I suspect, will be most......
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