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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Possible YART. #7666 10/15/00 07:52 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia I'm with Max on all his pet peeves. The other one that drives me mad is the apparent influence of Dan Quayle on spelling in Australia. How long do you think it will be before tomatoe and potatoe become the norms? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Possible YART. #7667 10/17/00 11:22 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Max - I use exactly the same way of remembering "complement": If both you and I do it, it must be right. ! I won't even start on the whole "loose/lose" thing - hair-pulling is no fun! I try to help my students by telling them, "If the os are loose, you might lose one." It doesn't always work - one replied to me, "If my 'ose is loose, it falls dahn to me ankles." I suppose he could have said that he'd get wet. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 542 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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