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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "i" in fine is a dipthong since the word is (in UK English at least) pronounced rather like "fah......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have ridden motorcycles ever since I was old enough so to do. When I went to Martha's Vineyard a f......
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Discussion Topic  Less and Fewer - a new slant in "The Times" (in The Written Word) by Richard English
An article recently appeared in The Times whose author was trying to make the point that the disctin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
"Quad bike" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Two things. The best English pubs have two or more bars the names of which vary but "public" and "s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote: "Go" = "Scapa Flow" or "Scapa" is correct. Scapa Flow is where the Royal Navy has a large ba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Did you know that, in the entire panoply of Sherlock Holmes stories, that phrase was NEVER used? Ri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: from today's newspaper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Aspirin, although originally a German brand name, is now used to denote any medicine made from acety......
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Discussion Topic  RE: from today's newspaper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have a particular aversion to this and never use the expression "hoover" when I mean vacuum cleane......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Excellent. You must also be a very slim woman - unless you left the car via the sunshine roof! In f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I had always assumed that was why they couldn't park in confined spaces. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Proununciations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "In the UK paw, pour and pore are homophones" Whe I was in primary school (I would have been......
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Discussion Topic  Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The posting in the Rainbows thread prompted me to start a thread about that underrated verse form, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotes on statistics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is quite common to read, in the less worthy press, statements along the lines of: "...Half the sc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I will research although I know, when I last tried, I couldn't find anything except the sites of mod......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Verbifying" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have already made this point elswhere - in English there are no nouns that cannot be verbed! Rich......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I didn't mean to imply that pauses are the only devices that good public speakers use. There are, of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I heard somewhere that you could tell a person's nationality by the way in which he would react if a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Akimbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The study of personal space is known as proxemics and is fascinating. Apart from the, clearly accur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "Once I realized that she was saying "like" in place of "said", I started counting. 17 times ......
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