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Discussion Topic  RE: sleeper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
As a hot rodder in the UK I'm perfectly familiar with the term as it is applied to modified cars. Th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take a Hike! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
To me the hike is the purpose. To get out into the countryside and certainly walk mikes over sometim......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Take a Hike! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
I would say that a walk is just that but a hike is walking across countryside....
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Discussion Topic  RE: oll korrekt (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
I'm reminded of the story about a Scotsman who having died arrives at the Pearly Gates. He pounds on......
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Poll  RE: Pronunciation of "simultaneous" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
To us lot over here the US pronunciation of missile as "missil" (with two short 'i's) sounds odd, be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Step.....why? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
The usual story is Mum snuffs it,Dad is attracted to evil Step-Mother to be, despite her unusual hab......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Money (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
Michael Jackson HAS paid out lots of money and built his own private Disneyland- eek! I don't think ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Money (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
He might be lowly- I understand he is of modest stature! Money- a means to an end. I earn it to pay ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Germany by any other name (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
It does rather beg the question of what we should call places- by our name or it's inhabitants? The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Step.....why? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
Aha! Boy, that took some reading through! It was just one of those things I'm given to ponder, I not......
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Discussion Topic  Step.....why? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
Hi, me again! I've been rather busy so I've had little chance to post recently. I've just got engage......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural nuances (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Also, the people of Hartlepool seem quite fond of the monkey hanger nick-name, you can buy furry mon......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural nuances (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Thanks for the "doolally tap" explanation! I was going to ask for an origin but hadn't got around to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural nuances (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
And yes, people from Hartlepool are known as "Monkeyhangers"!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural nuances (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
The "Geordie" name is possibly derived from being supporters of George II in the Jacobite War- I've ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural nuances (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Sorry, Graham, it takes years before you even qualify as an adopted Geordie! If you're from the Sout......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Square (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
Don't want to argue with you, Richard, but when I visited the HMS Victory not only did the tour guid......
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Discussion Topic  RE: EU: Politically correct speech on terrorists (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
The BBC avoids the use of "terrorist" in it's bulletins, substituting "militant" instead, which just......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is there a word for it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
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Discussion Topic  RE: Square (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
Always thought that the term "square meal" arose because Royal Navy sailors ate their food from squa......
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