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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I can claim to be the originator of a term that I have now seen used elsewhere - catapostrophe - an ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
And the economist says that there is a danger of deflation so we'll devalue the glass by making it h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
1. I have never heard of the "paper bag test". 2. If my memory serves me correctly the original tit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Why? Incentive is a noun (and sometimes an adjective). There is no rule that says all nouns must hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I forecast that both coins will come out shiny bright and both teeth will be little, if at all, chan......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, there's the surprisingly persistent myth that Anheuser Busch and Millers brew beer and the ass......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Nor do I. It tastes positively foul! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, although I would prefer not to create a new verb just for the sake of it, I can't think of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slogans and battle cries (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not only do I disagree with number four - I disagree with the list! This is a list of the top US sl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree. I still use Roget's Thesaurus and find it better than the MS Word thesaurus. However, I do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
You are correct. Real football can have any score from 0-0 upwards. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Maybe the answer is to find a selection of boards, covering various interests, and then get those in......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
We use the verb "to network" very commonly in the UK these days. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
This joke was made famous by Wilfrid Hyde White (the patient) and Hattie Jaques (the matron) in one ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sounds (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
We had an English master who, when the bell for the end of class rang, would swirl his gown around h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Which means that of my two examples, tutee and coachee, the latter could be considered valid, since ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
But, Kalleh, which would you prefer to be? A mentee or a protégé? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Along with coachee and tutee it belongs anywhere but in the English language. Apart from its ugline......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is not always wrong to deliberately split an infinitive (providing, of course, that one knows wha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oh, for a comma... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We had assumed that they would be some sort of rissole made from minced chicken - maybe a bit like a......
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