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RE: "speciality"
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How many syllables are there in "special"? Two, in the US, unless one is referring to species....
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October 24, 2008 04:31
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I've never seen it, nor would I so use it. But the use of intransitive verbs as transitive is, I th......
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October 24, 2008 04:23
And suddenly the moonbeams
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October 17, 2008 11:51
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October 15, 2008 09:16
RE: Bistronomic
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It seems to me that this is a pretty poor coinage. Yes, gastronomic ends with nomic, but so do lots ......
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October 13, 2008 18:45
RE: Anorak
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Don't these people know how to index? A ......
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October 12, 2008 08:00
RE: Anorak
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You've described what used to be universally called, here in the US, a parka. In my youth, it was a ......
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October 12, 2008 07:05
RE: Anorak
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Asa: did you mean anorek, or anorak? To me, an anorak (and the US equivalent - I think - parka) is ......
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October 11, 2008 07:39
RE: Anorak
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I don't know if my experience is typical, but the only times I've read or heard the word "anorak" to......
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October 10, 2008 06:03
RE: Exhibit or Exhibition
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I wouldn't have said the "El Greco exhibition" either. The El Grecos at the NG are a part of the per......
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October 09, 2008 11:36
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October 09, 2008 09:14
RE: Exhibit or Exhibition
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Not to me, it wouldn't be. For example, on display in the National Gallery in DC are at least 6 pai......
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October 09, 2008 07:08
RE: Exhibit or Exhibition
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Or Marilyn Monroe's toes. I could see 6 Vermeers as an Exhibition, worthy of special treatment, etc......
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October 08, 2008 10:03
RE: Exhibit or Exhibition
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In the UK, would you describe a display case containing 6 stone axes as an exhibit, or an exhibition......
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October 08, 2008 09:37
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October 08, 2008 05:11
RE: Exhibit or Exhibition
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Try the boy who cried wolf argument. If she calls every group of three or four objects an exhibiti......
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October 04, 2008 11:39
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Err, the Cubs were in the World Series seven times after 1908, in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938......
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October 04, 2008 08:20
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Two words, this time. They don't always appear as a pair, but are most certainly closely related. U......
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September 12, 2008 03:30
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September 09, 2008 13:27
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