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RE: Madras
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Just to be sure of this pronunciation business, I emailed an Indian friend for a confirmation. Awai......
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January 12, 2013 11:48
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Just looked it up. It's "bourse," not "bourge." No doubt from Latin "bursa." Still might all tie ......
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January 12, 2013 11:31
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After reading the bit about Bulgarian, buggar, and bourge, I had to laugh. Isn't "bourge" the name ......
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January 12, 2013 11:30
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January 12, 2013 09:14
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After peeking in at the palindrome thread it occurred to me that some languages don't have alphabets......
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January 12, 2013 06:47
RE: Which is it?
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What about "Damn the torpedoes..." ......
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January 12, 2013 00:25
RE: Madras
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Kalleh, one of us getting confused is enough! Balderdash is the commercial version of the Bluffing ......
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January 11, 2013 18:20
RE: Which is it?
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Yes. This question reminds me of the famous quotation of my great-great grandfather, the Confederat......
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January 11, 2013 15:20
RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin
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January 11, 2013 04:31
RE: Streel
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Perhaps when Superman was in his cups he became the Man of Streel?...
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January 11, 2013 04:25
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January 10, 2013 16:44
RE: Madras
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Note the pronunciation: ......
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January 10, 2013 08:11
RE: At bay
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Yeahbuttttt... Proof did answer first! They're both super good, IMHO!...
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January 10, 2013 08:07
RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin
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Right you are, Z, and I scanned it briefly this morning! I don't know why I didn't think of it befo......
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January 10, 2013 08:03
RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin
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My whole point is that my prescriptivist leanings are thoroughly thrashed by the above bit of schola......
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January 10, 2013 05:14
RE: Streel
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I've never seen it used in any way. I is ignerunt....
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January 10, 2013 05:03
RE: More nails in my prescriptivist coffin
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Posted on Delancey Place: In today's selection -- in the early 1800s, the differences between Bri......
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January 09, 2013 10:52
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Deleted. Wrong link. See below for proper text....
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January 09, 2013 10:32
RE: What would your list of banished words be?
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I suspect Cro-Magnon was similar, but with a French accent....
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January 08, 2013 18:44
RE: At bay
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I had thought that the baying of dogs was the weaker idea, but it seems it's the real one. I had tho......
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