Hortense
I've tested all of the links in the Resources (Categorized Links) file at my Web...
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American D For T
priddy, wadder, etc. Can anyone point me to some advice, techniques, and so on, for...
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Using The Comma Correctly Is Often A Matter...
[link] Using the comma correctly is often a matter of tempo Not long ago I ended...
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Go To Hell - Is This Swearing?
Hello everyone, I was narrating a business conversation to my girlfriend. I have...
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A Puzzling Apostrophe.
The word "wanna" is one of those nonstandard terms (like "ain't") which has a standard...
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Rising Inflection In Questions..
Hi all. A statement in English can be implied to be a question by speaking with a...
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Pronounciation Of Mobile
When talking about the 'mobile phone', I have always pronounced the word 'mobile...
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Alternative Meanings
I received this in email the other day. ** Once again, The Washington Post published...
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Is *Shine* Offensive?
Hi folks, Recently I had a chat with an American parish priest living in California...
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Is *Shine* Offensive?
Hi folks, Recently I had a chat with an American parish priest living in California...
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Bouquet
I just heard a radio commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken in which he was talking...
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Pronouncing Capillary
Hi All, How does one pronounce capillary - I pronounce it with stress on ca and letting...
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Question About Deferred Payment
Don't say "Don't do it". I know everyone says "Don't do it", "It's the oldest trick...
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Is It Still Current USA
Is it still current USA practice to use "MOS" in a script to denote that a scene...
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Penultimate
Hi. I personally use the word, penultimate, quite frequently in my speaking?...
"We Got Him" - Grammatical?
An american official announced Saddam Husseins capture with the phrase "We got him...
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Some Belated Thoughts On Kong
So, I've recently re-watched the Peter Jackson King Kong, about which I had mixed...
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I Think We've Hoed This Row Before
The other day, in listening to coverage of the California recall vote, I heard a...
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Let The Games Begin!
I've completed my first screenplay, bought MMSW to make it look pretty. Logline...
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Using Credentials In Private Email Signature
How appropriate is it to use one's degree credentials when signing an email to a...