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RE: Drink-related words
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Yes, this was reported here as well although no real details were given. I can only assume that he ......
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January 05, 2003 02:13
RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2
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This is an example of the unnecessary conversion of a noun to a verb. What they meant is that they a......
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January 05, 2003 02:06
RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2
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Whereas we could perhaps agree that we all think that some words are intrinsically less attractive t......
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January 05, 2003 01:59
RE: Plethora
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I have always understood that plethora (meaning an abundance) is usually used as a singular. "...The......
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January 05, 2003 01:50
RE: Favorite words?
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Quote: "Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours" Variously attributed to Will R......
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January 04, 2003 03:24
RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2
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Although it is, indeed, a back formation from liason, OED is quite happy with the word liase and it ......
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January 03, 2003 10:07
RE: Quotations
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Yes, Rhubard fool is common enough here. Richard English...
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January 02, 2003 09:53
RE: The world's funniest joke?
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It may be true, of course, that Irish Gaelic is dying out, although I haven't seen the references. I......
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January 02, 2003 09:28
RE: Plural?
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In fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat......
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January 01, 2003 03:59
RE: The world's funniest joke?
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Limerick is, indeed, in Ireland. The origin of the limerick is uncertain, but one theory is that it ......
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December 31, 2002 09:38
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I didn't realise that the French used the Limerick form; I had always assumed that its verbal eccent......
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December 31, 2002 01:13
RE: Pet peeves
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I confess my error. It was carelessness, not ignorance, I will say. I brew both wine and beer and us......
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December 28, 2002 01:28
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In fact, I had something of the sort in my own mind and actually started to compose a response. Howe......
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December 27, 2002 12:16
RE: Drink-related words
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It's clear to me that the craft beer revival in the US has done wonders for choice. Sadly it will t......
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December 27, 2002 08:55
RE: The Night Before Christmas -- parody
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The one I especially liked is here. ......
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December 27, 2002 05:13
RE: The Night Before Christmas -- parody
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Oh yes. It is popular here. And I have read some of the parodies as well - including "'Twas the ni......
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December 25, 2002 00:33
RE: Drink-related words
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It's a shame that the UK - still the fourth largest economy in the world - seems to have forgotten t......
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December 25, 2002 00:26
RE: Drink-related words
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Indeed it does - genuinely. Hops are a mild soporific and this is one of the reasons why beer can ......
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December 24, 2002 05:17
RE: America's Apostrophe Catastrophe
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Love the Smith's what, I wonder? Their children? Their dog? Their family? Certainly not their gram......
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December 24, 2002 01:27
RE: Drink-related words
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It is, indeed, a very hoppy beer and this would seem especially strange to you as most US beers have......
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