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Re: "Go to lunch" or " Go for lunch"?
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The Pook
Today at 09:54 PM
Hey are you trying for zmjezhd's position of chief etymologist??
Btw, wasnn't that a great try in the League Test the other day? Poor NZers - a valiant effort but no match for Aussie superiority!
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Re: Capitalization of eponyms?
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The Pook
Today at 09:51 PM
Originally Posted By: latishya Originally Posted By: FaldageThe A in USA is eponymic.
As is the Saud in Saudi Arabia.
I don't think a letter can be an eponym can it? Doesn't it have to be a word? America is an eponym, as
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Re: apple or banana?
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morphememedley
Today at 09:24 PM
We do thrive on crisp imagery, and an apple before, during, and after a bite is easy to imagine. I have no idea whether that has had anything to do with the popular adoption of the apple as the forbidden fruit.
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Re: Happy Mothers' Day!!!
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The Pook
Today at 07:11 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea boycotter (where does that word come from btw.)
Yes as Faldy says, from Captain Boycott. Interestingly, although it is an active/transitive verb, he was the TARGET of the original 'Boycott.' It would have
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Re: History Rules!
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AnnaStrophic
Today at 06:51 PM
Originally Posted By: wofahulicodocAnd then there some older (not to say ill-defined [not to say fanciful {not to say apocryphal}]) units that are inextricably rooted in the language. Such as the "thumb".
I don't h
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Re: Happy Birthday SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!
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The Pook
Today at 12:25 PM
Originally Posted By: MyridonBackronym = The Pook means The Person Of Obscure Knowledge. (unless I guessed that right ;-) ).
You didn't, it's impossible to guess the orgin of The Pook, but I like that. Perhaps I should adopt it. However,
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Re: Synonym for "farmer"
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dalehileman
Today at 10:55 AM
tsu thank you once more, if there's a wrong way to do something I will find it
edit: When I go to the Encarta link, I can't find a purple area, but when I go to the last link you provided I only get this error message: Internet Explorer c
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Re: this question begs asking
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Jackie
Yesterday at 09:35 PM
Dunno about a name, but I just sent the free rice link (thanks, Steffani) to some friends, and told them to trust their instincts: what your first thought is is often correct, there.
And, besides being so similar in shape, the m and n key
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Re: toil and trouble
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twosleepy
Yesterday at 11:19 AM
Hi Steffani! Does you mom say it "shtefahni"? Do you have a nickname "Steffi" (or "shteffi"? I stayed with a German family in Chile, and they had a daughter they called Steffi (with the sh sound). Just curious! :0)
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Re: Build Your Vocabulary and Fight Hunger
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BranShea
Yesterday at 03:28 AM
Hi, Steffani,
The free rice topic has passed here once before, last November.
(see Pennyless' thread). I still play it occasionally and notice that my average score improved, now always staying high in the fourties)For new people it '
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