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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote: "I love my country but its cheese and its beer? Nine times out of ten, blaaah!" I suppose t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is an unspoken concensus amongst apostrophe lovers that people who use the word "it's" as the pos......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote: "This speaks for itself" Only barely to me - what language is it? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...If the wireless is broken, do you crank up the Victrola?..." Not in the UK. The expressi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Men from the North of England have a reputation for treating their womenfolk in an "old-fashioned" w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
OED Definition 4. Coming together, meeting. I submit, a wholly appropriate term for sexual union. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"On the subject of "sleep with", if we eliminate euphemisms we are left with the problem that there ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I dislike euphemisms as a rule since they do little to disguise the actual meaning of the term which......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I don't know that this is an oxymoron. It is usually used to describe a person who, although lacking......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Oscar Wilde said, "...We have everything in common with the Americans - except language, of course........
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not only common but also 100% accurate. Why otherwise "customers"? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Proper Attire Required..." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree. And as customers you have the perfect right to take your custom elsewhere - and I hope you ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: License to play (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK it's not possible to specify a particular combination of letters and numbers on a plate. H......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ultra-crepidarian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suspect that we all have opinions about most subjects; whether or not we have knowledge has little......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In UK English unstressed vowels are hardly pronounced. So Oregon would have the initial "O" clearly ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As you'd know had you studied elsewhere I've rhyming enough and to spare but the only form I'll writ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I wrote previously, there are many different ways of pronouncing words. Homonyms are only homonym......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Many. Paw, pore, poor and pour - for example. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
It was, in fat, rare for Tom Lehrer to try to force a rhyme. Most of his lyrics scan and rhyme perfe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As CJ says, there are regional differences in pronuciation, even in so small a country as England. ......
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