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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: idioms #155951 02/21/06 01:57 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Cap: Well put. I have long maintained that somebody in the know should compile a list of succinct rules-of-thumb by which the average clod (me) might distinguish an expression as idiom, slang, vernacular, colloquialism, idiom, patoi, argot, metaphor dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted idioms laurelmccreary 02/21/06 12:14 AM Re: idioms Jackie 02/21/06 02:21 AM Re: idioms Father Steve 02/21/06 05:43 AM Re: idioms Capfka 02/21/06 09:36 AM Re: idioms dalehileman 02/21/06 01:57 PM Re: idioms wsieber 02/23/06 05:56 PM Re: idioms AnnaStrophic 02/24/06 12:48 PM Re: idioms dalehileman 03/08/06 12:01 AM Re: idioms belMarduk 03/08/06 02:37 PM Re: idioms dalehileman 03/08/06 02:47 PM Re: idioms tsuwm 03/08/06 02:56 PM Re: idioms TheFallibleFiend 03/08/06 02:57 PM Re: slang site belMarduk 03/08/06 03:56 PM Re: slang site belMarduk 03/08/06 04:00 PM Re: slang site Myridon 03/08/06 04:14 PM Re: slang site belMarduk 03/08/06 07:48 PM Re: slang site dalehileman 03/10/06 11:53 PM Re: slang site belMarduk 03/11/06 02:38 PM Re: slang site dalehileman 03/11/06 03:41 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 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 (), 775 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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