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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In fact, a couple of years ago I was on a cruise and they had a copy of the complete Devil's diction......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I can't think of another single word that means the same apart from heretofore - which is even more ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: a language that's missing a word (in Foreign Words) by Richard English
I would imagine that there are many sporting terms which, like "fungo" are quite unintellible to spe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suppose that depends on what you mean by "overnagation". In British English double negatives are c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In the UK the word city has a fairly specific meaning - which has nothing at all to do with the popu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It depends on the country. In the UK defamation has been only a civil offence since 12 January 2010 ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Freedom of speech - like other freedoms - is a fine thing. But there must be boundaries. Where the e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That's how it started - but it took very little time for it to move onto all kinds of excessive nega......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dashpot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The damper on an SU carburettor is not the same as a throttle return check - which is a dashpot in t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I agree the laws are used - but they are often not adequate. For example, a libel which is posted an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dashpot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I wrote, I have never heard the SU damping chamber referred to as a "dashpot". That is not to say......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I had assumed he meant what the sentence meant. I didn't realise he had put in a redundant negative.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dashpot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it! (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Triple negatives are even harder than double negatives. But it would be difficult to say make this p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The laws about libel, like the laws about copyright, have been overtaken by new communications techn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dashpot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have always known the word as describing those hydraulic devices that close a door automatically a......
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Poll  RE: Limerick Game: Kalorama Poll (in Wordplay) by Richard English
In fact, having re-read mine I realise I could have made L2 scan better by writing it as: To his wi......
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Poll  RE: Limerick Game: Kalorama Poll (in Wordplay) by Richard English
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Discussion Topic  RE: Times smaller (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I deplore the "five times smaller" style of referring to lesser quantities. We have a system of num......
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