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An odd (nonce?) word, that appears to be unique to the novel The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse : (QUOTE) The Mother Superior knew something...
By John Harrington
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by John Harrington
5 yr 87 days ago
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Is there a medical or psychological term for the transformation of the medical view of a behavior into a disease? I'm thinking of changes over the...
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I can half understand why we don't say Paree, but why shouldn't English speaking people be able to sort out the local pronunciations of proper...
By Charles Riggs
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by Ben Zimmer
5 yr 87 days ago
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About two hours ago, a gentleman loitering with a group of his aquaintances in front of the Safeway emporium along El Camino Real in Redwood City, California...
By Carmen L. Abruzzi
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by CyberCypher
5 yr 88 days ago
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Here in Aus we were told (very strictly indeed) when Britain decimalised that the minimum unit of the new currency was not pence, but "p". Now...
By Bob Gowers
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by Carmen L. Abruzzi
5 yr 88 days ago
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Hi, Read this phrase (extracted from License Agreement between MasterCard and its partner)^ 1. Marks. MasterCard owns, manages, is a licensee of, or otherwise...
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What key on your computer keyboard do you never use? Pause/break?
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by Gary G. Taylor
5 yr 88 days ago
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I'm looking for an invective rhyming with bang. Well, not necessarily an invective, any derogatory term will do. "The end and bang, who's...
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I remember watching a re-run of one of her cooking shows once where she brought a huge sword to cut up a piece of steak or something! She was so funny...
By Christopher Johnson
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by Martin Ambuhl
5 yr 88 days ago
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Hi I would appreciate any help with editing/rewite if needed some sections of my resume. My questions are these: 1) is "Profile" section language...
By userme
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A Florida Story When Palatka Pete was just a little fella, his momma used to send him to the spring with a pail to fetch water. Now one day, there was...
By Tony Cooper
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Received by email from an American friend: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CONVENTION SCHEDULE New York, NY 6:00 PM - Opening Prayer led by Mel Gibson 6...
By CyberCypher
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by CyberCypher
5 yr 88 days ago
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On "After Henry," the grandmother said something about the curate of their church: "You only have to hear his vowels to know he's a...
By jess askin
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by Charles Riggs
5 yr 89 days ago
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"Koniec i bomba, a kto czytal ten traba!" Jak by to przelozyc na angielski?
By Jacek Pudlo
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by Charles Riggs
5 yr 89 days ago
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Is it allowed to use "recently" or "lately" to mean "a short time ago before some point in time in the past"? For example...
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I just came across this intersting piece of software tell me what you think http://www.whitesmoke.com what do you think , worth or not ? send me an email...
By danny
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by Andrew Gwilliam
5 yr 89 days ago
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Hello, would anybody help me to understand the sentence below? Here is a quote: **quote** The operating system must be capable of multi-threading, where...
By OldParrot
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by raymond o'hara
5 yr 89 days ago
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From an article in today's Charlottesville (Va) Daily Progress: "You don't have the tedious carving and han- drubbing usually required in...
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I've noticed "I should point out" is a common expression. Does "should" mean "ought to"? Bye, FB Io ho deciso di rifiutarmi...
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From Microeconomics, by Pindyck & Rubinfeld (3rd ed.): "People differ in their willingness to bear risk. Some are risk averse, some risk loving...
By Jess Askin
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by John O'Flaherty
5 yr 89 days ago
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The following e-mail message I've sent to the provider of "quote tidier" ( http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/quotetidy.html ) may be of more...
By Bob Cunningham
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by John O'Flaherty
5 yr 89 days ago
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Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy "Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state...
By A Little Bird
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For the last several months my daily newspaper has been using the phrase "went missing" to describe someone or something that disappeared. Is...
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On a web site (http://www.obvious.fsnet.co.uk/frogs/frogs.htm) I found this: "Frogs can jump ten times their own bodyweight" Holy cow. As far...
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I heard this word used somewhere today. I say, "whoever's". A generational thing, maybe? "Whosever" sounds almost as bad as "thee";...
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