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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
We will have to disagree on this. To recite another's composition does not make it ones own. It migh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But remember I said "...I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Science concepts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
If not controlled then certainly taken into consideration, yes. Which is why it's an important effec......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I am reminded of a story about the response of a female to the approaches of a male intent on sexual......
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Discussion Topic  For want of a nail... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Last week I went to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane for a travel industry lunch (around 1200 ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Science concepts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
This is the simplistic answer as popularised by the likes of Peters. It is far from the whole story ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Humorous lines (in Wordplay) by Richard English
My father once said to a bank manager who was arguing about extending company's overdaft facility, "......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Yes. He'll be in his element there. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  A sorry tale (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) recently held its annual Convention in Palma. A disg......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I met a chap at the ITT convention, where I had arranged a brewery visit, who seemed to know a lot a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We would use notion to express an idea or concept, often one that is maybe disputable. . For example......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More favorite words.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My wife made some flummery once. It was very nice. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I understand that P G Wodehouse (and how come none of his books were in the big read top 100?) was v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Had it not been for the alternative word for start, we would not have had Stanley Holloway's wonderf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
A baseball playoff's what, pray. Its goose egg? Which term means, in the UK, an ovoid part of the r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Remember, in UK drinking parlance kegs and casks are not the same. Casks are the barrel-shaped conta......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Misuse of pronouns (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I saw a policeman with his dog in the pub; he was scratching his ear with his foot. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unpaid merchandise (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or of course you could exchew the use of the passive voice altogether and say something like, "...pl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lothario (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In the past it was common to refer to a "gay lothario", that is, one who treated his affairs in a li......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Frizzle? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Frizzle is quite common over here and would usually be used to describe something that had been cook......
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