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Discussion Topic  RE: The power of words.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's always seemed strange to me that ballet dancers are often seen to be effeminate. Ballet dancin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: a/of a (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not so much of a threat as is MSN's attack on accepted standards of English. The construction is, of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Signs of the times (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the 1930s, when many homes still did not have electricity, there was a corporate advertisement th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: At the risk of reopening old wounds (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, I would not want to mention the person who looks after the rooks in the rookery...! Rich......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All mixed up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Interestingly enough, Cheddar Cheese is probably the most maligned of all cheeses since it is a simp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: At the risk of reopening old wounds (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course not. And you wouldn't need to since the word does not exist. I suspect that the TES was p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Slough (pronounced to rhyme with cow) is also the name of a town in West London, known for little ex......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have long believed that this is nothing that anyone can say or do, anywhere that will not annoy so......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All mixed up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, it would be uncharacteristicly non-chauvinistic of me were I not to point out that Stilto......
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Discussion Topic  RE: At the risk of reopening old wounds (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Seems fine to me. I never did get an answer from any one of those who prefer the construction "bos......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's today? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Not so much in England but there is still bitter Catholic/Protestant rivalry in Northern Ireland. R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Poetry words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, much modern poetry doesn't use rhyme at all. Indeed, I asked the tutor at a poetry evenin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why can't the English .......... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I like Oscar Wilde's quote in the Canterville Ghost in which he said of Mrs Otis, an American who wa......
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Discussion Topic  What's today? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have a calender that shows an old English word or expression for every day and also, where possibl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That link suggests that the word is Italian - a language I don't speak. Maybe that's what it means i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In Spanish this is an adjective with meanings having the sense of "wild"; "courageous"; "rugged" etc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
And, if it's a man looking at the place, not even then! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The fact that I spent much of my earlier working life as a travel agent does help when it comes to t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
There was, at one time, a company called Daedelus aviation (or, as we in the trade called it, "Dead ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There are very many perfectly good words that have changed their meaning to the extent that some are......
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