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The inimitable (Email Removed) (Spehro Pefhany) stated one day Yup. The odd bit of spitting, but mostly just the usual steamy humid weather (at least for my Canadian body). ... arrive a day or two earlier and pop down to Kaohsiung so we can do at

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A Canadian coffee shop chain has the slogan "Any time ... both correct, the second probably doesn't have the intended meaning. Back in Taiwan again? How's the weather in Taipei? It's raining down here. Yup. The odd bit of

I'm getting ready to apply to law school and I'm finishing up writing my personal statement. I just have to polish my concluding sentence, and I need some help. If you want to read the whole thing*, you can find it at

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John Hall filted: Our mostly-wonderful CBC just dropped a clanger: "the six-month anniversary of...". Surely "anniversary" means some whole number of years since the event being commemorated/celebrated/remembered? Or is this a

In some US dialects many words that take a terminal schwa in the standard accent get /i/ instead: for example, "subpoena" becomes /s@bpini/. In the Ozarks, they drink "soh-dee". I suppose they take pictures with a

I had a look at the picture and now I am wondering about the caption: "CITTERNS: The classical barbers shop instrument, wire strung and with solid frets." Why "barber's shop" instrument?... The barbershop quartet was born

I have begun listineing to cricket commentators using the phrase "alluded to" (generally as a synonym for "noted" or "observed" ... myself, though as I recall the normal formation is without the "to". eg