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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Very good use of words, especially our new "minging" discovery. I still think it would read better i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have seen plenty of poems (including Limericks) whose initial line letters are not capitalised and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's not too difficult to compose a Limerick even one which incorporates the name of a given person.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Deduct 30 and halve the remainder. 70 degrees F minus 30 is 40, divide by 2 is 20. So, it's 1.1 degr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Apologies again for the careless use of language. The mark in the sentence above was supposed to be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I do not agree. I consider that capitals belong at the begining of sentences and proper nouns. I do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's true, said Kalleh, what they say about beer in the U S of A. I once drunk Budweiser (now I'm sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The verb "to suck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although I had never made the connection previously, I am now reminded of a meaning for the UK expre......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The verb "to suck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's fascinating, is it not? The origins of the verb "to suck" bothered me not at all, as I so clea......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
So I did! I wondered why it wasn't as close as it should have been! Nevertheless I stick by my form......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard English
To convert easily from centigrade to Fahrenheit, double the centigrade figure and add 30. So 20 degr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Am I on acid or what?! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Rolls-Royce have only made around 150,000 cars in their 100-year history. (GM probably make that man......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The verb "to suck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
We used to use the expression "mingy" or "mingey" to describe someone or something that that was som......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbing of nouns re-revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes, I saw it too. However, it, too, admits that Booth took out the first patent and carefully omits......
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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: Am I on acid or what?! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The Rolls-Royce company took over the Bentley company in the early 1930s and all Bentleys were made ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbing of nouns re-revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Michael Jackson is the doyen of beer writers and his World Guide is the definitive work. He has a we......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Am I on acid or what?! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I enjoy dancing. I spent a lot of time learning to dance in my last year at school. I have all the ......
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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: Verbing of nouns re-revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The latest posting I have seen suggest that, according to Michael Jackson, there are now around 1500......
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