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- Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:21 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: The unbearable truth
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4635
The unbearable truth
I've heard of Bat Mitzvah............maybe a Bear Mitzvah would have done the trick.
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:21 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: "sice" or "sise"????
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1592
"sice" or "sise"????
If no one responds it's nothing to get exercised about
- Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:48 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: knockoff / knock off
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13929
knockoff / knock off
nicky-knocky-nine-doors
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:11 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: knockoff / knock off
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13929
knockoff / knock off
while waiting for knocker ID, I feel an urgency to warn all knockers to avoid ingesting tetraethyl lead, an antiknock agent used in gasoline. Knock on wood, we'll all avoid it.
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:05 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: knockoff / knock off
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13929
knockoff / knock off
Who's there?
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:48 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Don't come the old ... soldier ... etc
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10314
Don't come the old ... soldier ... etc
A few times, it's "come on as". It looks like the term is always couched in advice on what not to do. "But don't come on as threatening." -from the Texas School for the Blind website "Please don't come on as protecting the Church" -from a LDSCN website "Don't come on as Johnny Spiritual." -from dtm....
- Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:03 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: What ever happened to what ever?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3368
What ever happened to what ever?
Saying "whatever happened to..." makes no sense.
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:21 am
- Forum: Oh, and have you read...?
- Topic: The Careful Writer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7549
The Careful Writer
Erik, that's even better. Thanks.
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:36 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: .. another chicken joke .. groan ........
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3524
.. another chicken joke .. groan ........
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To prove that it could be done.
Why did the groundhog cross the road?
To prove that it couldn't be done.
To prove that it could be done.
Why did the groundhog cross the road?
To prove that it couldn't be done.
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:31 am
- Forum: Oh, and have you read...?
- Topic: The Careful Writer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7549
The Careful Writer
'The Careful Writer'
by Theodore M Bernstein
"A Modern Guide To English Usage"
Is worth reading if only because it
contains the line :
"What did you bring that book for me to be read to out of up for?"
by Theodore M Bernstein
"A Modern Guide To English Usage"
Is worth reading if only because it
contains the line :
"What did you bring that book for me to be read to out of up for?"