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RE: Calqued
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"Calque" does not mean the same thing as "loanword". Wikipedia puts it quite well: ......
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June 26, 2011 01:27
Upping up?
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Just heard on the radio: "they'll keep upping up the pressure". I've heard a redundant "up" added t......
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June 19, 2011 00:24
Rhubarb rhubarb
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I read this on another forum and it made me laugh out loud. However it'll need a few words of expla......
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June 16, 2011 01:49
RE: "infeasible" vs "unfeasible"
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June 16, 2011 01:20
RE: Metaphor And Simile
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I think my all-time favourite literary metaphor is from the start of L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between"......
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June 11, 2011 02:48
RE: Limerick Game: Tocumwal
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I'm still a little confused about the pronunciation. Wikipedia gives it as "Tocumwal (pronounced /ˈ......
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June 09, 2011 02:58
RE: Limerick Game: Tocumwal
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June 07, 2011 10:04
RE: Metaphor And Simile
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June 06, 2011 02:03
RE: Searching for a good search engine
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May 30, 2011 00:13
RE: Autocaption fun
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I agree with you. Although I have sat in pubs where a film was showing without the sound, and the c......
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May 21, 2011 23:48
RE: dehort
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I haven't seen the word used. "Dissuade" seems to convey the concept adequately to me....
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May 16, 2011 23:07
RE: Which one?
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Kalleh's response baffled me until I realized that this thread consists of two separate topics, almo......
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May 11, 2011 02:35
Limerick game: Box poll
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Eleven entries submitted, which is a record for the (admittedly short) time I've been here. Thanks ......
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May 08, 2011 07:47
Another think/thing coming
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Well, I've actually learned something from the OEDILF. While browsing the site I came across the fo......
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May 05, 2011 12:04
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May 05, 2011 02:26
RE: What did he say?
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I seem to remember that Fowler classed constructions like "I shouldn't wonder if it didn't rain" amo......
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May 05, 2011 02:22
Limerick game: Box
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I was thinking of using my home city of Bath, but I think there are too many variations in pronuncia......
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May 04, 2011 00:14
Limerick game: Tooting poll
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Here are the submissions for Tooting: 1. In a district near London called Tooting A geek who is in......
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May 01, 2011 00:00
Limerick game: Tooting
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April 27, 2011 07:02
RE: RIP Typewriter
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It is a little sad. I had a mechanical typewriter when I was a child and I remember spending many h......
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April 27, 2011 03:53
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