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Today I've added: * A report of the June 2003 Oxford Boink http://alt-usage-english.org/boink_jun03/index.html * A new picture in the gallery: Christopher...
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breathe mint but breath spray?
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Coca-Cola - It's time to get rid of the hyphen. There isn't any Coca-Somethingelse.
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While browsing _The Oxford Companion to the English Language_, I've come across the interesting word "phonaesthetic". Sounds good.
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Fox News Fauxs Up http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2003-07-11/pols_naked7.html Just checking that this joke headline doesn't work when spoken...
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If you want to get an advance on your paycheck, you can go to a 'check-into-cash' place round here and get your money. I think a lot of people...
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