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RE: Flying high
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"Person who flies a balloon" is one of the meanings 1852 Illustr. London News 18 Sept. 224/3 Lo......
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November 29, 2013 14:50
RE: That many?
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So English "coomb" dates from 770 and is possibly borrowed from Celtic. But English "cwm" was borrow......
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November 28, 2013 14:59
RE: That many?
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According to the OED "cwm" dates from 1859 and "slogan" from 1513. If we're talking about when the w......
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November 28, 2013 10:10
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November 27, 2013 19:07
RE: That many?
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As far as I know, "Old English" means "Anglo-Saxon". Anglo-Saxon is pre Roman. All of the words in m......
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November 27, 2013 18:23
RE: That many?
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I'd say it was much lower than that....
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November 27, 2013 17:33
RE: Which Who?
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We say "Doctors" with no "who". It sounds a bit weird to me when people refer to the character as "D......
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November 23, 2013 10:13
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November 19, 2013 17:16
RE: What's up, Governor?
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Because "gubernatorial" is the adjective form. It's directly from Latin while "government" is thru F......
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November 18, 2013 14:41
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As I understand it, it's warmer when there are clouds because the clouds hold in the heat....
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November 17, 2013 08:25
RE: hashtag
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Keith Houston's excellent book ......
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November 15, 2013 14:55
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November 15, 2013 04:25
RE: hashtag
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The # symbol is sometimes called "hash mark" or "hash sign", probably from "hatch" because it looks ......
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November 14, 2013 19:24
RE: Untermensch
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It's true though, in the winter....
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November 13, 2013 03:16
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In the Red Dwarf episode ......
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November 10, 2013 06:28
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November 10, 2013 06:14
RE: hƿæt
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æ (ash) used to be a letter, as well as ƿ (wynn) and þ (thorn) and ð (eth)....
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November 08, 2013 20:18
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Thanks z. So he's saying the sentence is exclamatory, but that the hwæt shouldn't be translated as a......
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November 06, 2013 13:50
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But what about "Now, we have heard of the might of kings" or "Well, we have heard of the might of ki......
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November 06, 2013 03:19
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