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Different By: Sn!pe on Sat, 27 Apr 2024	1	15 Minutes ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
WORDLE soln. By: occam on Thu, 25 Apr 2024	42	17 Minutes ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
Innocent question By: Steve Hayes on Sat, 27 Apr 2024	3	56 Minutes ago By: Paul Carmichael
AI at the low end By: Rich Ulrich on Thu, 18 Apr 2024	89	1 Hour 28 Minutes ago By: Sn!pe
[Sandoval] Apparently a "Sandoval" is a colloquial term for a specific USA New Y By: Ken Blake on Tue, 23 Apr 2024	76	1 Hour 34 Minutes ago By: jerryfriedman
Murder and assassination By: Athel Cornish-Bowden on Sat, 20 Apr 2024	130	1 Hour 44 Minutes ago By: jerryfriedman
The shortest complete sentence in English By: Bertel Lund Hansen on Fri, 26 Apr 2024	15	1 Hour 54 Minutes ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
"Speculator" By: Bertel Lund Hansen on Fri, 26 Apr 2024	4	3 Hours 25 Minutes ago By: Janet
[bollard] What Bollard Man used in Sydney (assumed etymology from bole) By: Ken Blake on Fri, 19 Apr 2024	46	3 Hours 46 Minutes ago By: Steve Hayes
Foreign plurals revisited By: HVS on Fri, 26 Apr 2024	4	12 Hours 36 Minutes ago By: jerryfriedman
either/or By: navi on Fri, 26 Apr 2024	2	14 Hours 14 Minutes ago By: jerryfriedman
Compendium: "It's Greek to me" By: occam on Fri, 12 Apr 2024	158	16 Hours 55 Minutes ago By: lar3ryca
To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’ By: Aidan Kehoe on Thu, 25 Apr 2024	14	17 Hours 55 Minutes ago By: lar3ryca
Book indexing - and the order of punctuation characters By: James Harris on Wed, 17 Apr 2024	159	1 Day ago By: Phil Carmody
Maybe I've got it now! By: Stefan Ram on Fri, 26 Apr 2024	0	1 Day 5 Hours ago By: Stefan Ram
[breech] Why doesn't "breeched" exist when it comes to childbirth? By: Ken Blake on Thu, 25 Apr 2024	8	1 Day 7 Hours ago By: Peter Moylan
Looking For A Word :-) By: Physfitfreak on Fri, 12 Apr 2024	27	1 Day 7 Hours ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
[specular] The Eye of Horus is specular to the Eye of Ra By: Ken Blake on Fri, 26 Apr 2024	1	1 Day 9 Hours ago By: Hibou
Beep, Bip (faire bip), Piepton, Scannerpiepton (piepsen) By: HenHanna on Thu, 25 Apr 2024	0	2 Days 8 Hours ago By: HenHanna
[OT] Cricket? By: Athel Cornish-Bowden on Tue, 23 Apr 2024	7	2 Days 11 Hours ago By: Madhu
Taboos for physicists By: bertietaylor on Thu, 25 Apr 2024	0	2 Days 12 Hours ago By: bertietaylor
as I like it By: navi on Tue, 23 Apr 2024	2	3 Days 1 Hour ago By: LionelEdwards
Nabokov shows up the subjectivity of judgments about the "character" or "quality By: HenHanna on Tue, 23 Apr 2024	3	3 Days 14 Hours ago By: bertietaylor
beep at the checkstand By: Marco Moock on Sat, 20 Apr 2024	26	4 Days 6 Hours ago By: Hibou
[voir dire] Anglo-French, literally, to speak the truth By: Ken Blake on Mon, 22 Apr 2024	5	4 Days 12 Hours ago By: Ken Blake
[voluble] Middle English borrowed from Latin to turn or to speak rapidly By: Ken Blake on Sun, 21 Apr 2024	3	4 Days 17 Hours ago By: Ross Clark
no matter who By: navi on Sun, 21 Apr 2024	2	5 Days 7 Hours ago By: Hibou
'contumacioius' By: Rich Ulrich on Sat, 20 Apr 2024	15	5 Days 8 Hours ago By: occam
bad for some people By: navi on Mon, 22 Apr 2024	1	5 Days 9 Hours ago By: Hibou
across By: Peter Moylan on Fri, 19 Apr 2024	9	5 Days 20 Hours ago By: Sam Plusnet
Funny choice of words. By: lar3ryca on Fri, 19 Apr 2024	3	7 Days 8 Hours ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
Arindam = bertietaylor? By: Athel Cornish-Bowden on Mon, 15 Apr 2024	45	7 Days 10 Hours ago By: bertietaylor
English language is badly pronounced French By: HenHanna on Wed, 10 Apr 2024	2	7 Days 12 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Kate Bush song with a connection to James Joyce is "The Sensual World." By: HenHanna on Thu, 18 Apr 2024	1	7 Days 12 Hours ago By: HenHanna
C. S. Lewis recommends (defends) [chastity] By: HenHanna on Thu, 18 Apr 2024	1	7 Days 12 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Spreading By: Athel Cornish-Bowden on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	2	7 Days 19 Hours ago By: Phil Carmody
Running up that Hill By: Sam Plusnet on Thu, 18 Apr 2024	2	8 Days 17 Hours ago By: Sn!pe
a song in Russian, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian By: HenHanna on Thu, 18 Apr 2024	3	8 Days 19 Hours ago By: HenHanna
been went / did you went By: LionelEdwards on Wed, 17 Apr 2024	1	9 Days 17 Hours ago By: Ross Clark
"per metre super" By: Adam Funk on Tue, 16 Apr 2024	3	10 Days 1 Hour ago By: jerryfriedman
Kanye West : “I did done call Kim, texted nannies. I got on the phone with ... By: HenHanna on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	4	10 Days 15 Hours ago By: Marius_Hancu
Obsessed with the past By: Stefan Ram on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	1	10 Days 19 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Black Swan By: Tony Cooper on Sun, 31 Mar 2024	87	10 Days 23 Hours ago By: jerryfriedman
Charley don't surf By: LionelEdwards on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	7	11 Days ago By: LionelEdwards
a wary buyer By: navi on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	13	11 Days 1 Hour ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
Sultan Bey By: Rich Ulrich on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	15	11 Days 6 Hours ago By: Mark Brader
White Holes By: Peter Moylan on Thu, 4 Apr 2024	221	11 Days 7 Hours ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
for you to wear By: navi on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	12	11 Days 7 Hours ago By: Marius_Hancu
Initialisms or acronyms By: Steve Hayes on Wed, 3 Apr 2024	56	11 Days 19 Hours ago By: Snidely
well/good By: navi on Mon, 15 Apr 2024	1	12 Days 6 Hours ago By: LionelEdwards
PTD on Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes By: HenHanna on Thu, 11 Apr 2024	23	12 Days 14 Hours ago By: Madhu
(Tiger Tiger by Wm.Blake) -- [Authentic] pronunciation (recording) -- EYE-Symmet By: HenHanna on Sun, 18 Feb 2024	9	12 Days 15 Hours ago By: Peter Moylan
if any one of them is good enough By: navi on Fri, 5 Apr 2024	58	12 Days 22 Hours ago By: Paul Carmichael
Scrabble By: Tony Cooper on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	4	13 Days 18 Hours ago By: Tony Cooper
anywhere/wherever By: navi on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	6	13 Days 20 Hours ago By: Sam Plusnet
PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ... By: HenHanna on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	1	13 Days 20 Hours ago By: HenHanna
PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars By: HenHanna on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	0	13 Days 20 Hours ago By: HenHanna
PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars By: HenHanna on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	0	13 Days 20 Hours ago By: HenHanna
(real-Life Puzzle) -- in a movie, a guy is on the phone, By: HenHanna on Fri, 12 Apr 2024	10	14 Days 4 Hours ago By: charles
First performance of Shaw's "Pygmalion" (1914) -- "Not bloody likely!" By: HenHanna on Sat, 13 Apr 2024	1	14 Days 8 Hours ago By: HenHanna
To egg a chicken By: occam on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	11	14 Days 9 Hours ago By: lar3ryca
Sentence-ending particles in English By: Stefan Ram on Thu, 11 Apr 2024	8	14 Days 13 Hours ago By: Rich Ulrich
English language is badly pronounced French By: bertietaylor on Wed, 10 Apr 2024	14	14 Days 21 Hours ago By: Sam Plusnet
modals By: navi on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	18	15 Days ago By: Marius_Hancu
the question whether By: navi on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	7	15 Days 1 Hour ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
Re: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson --- born in 1854 and 1852 ? By: HenHanna on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	5	15 Days 10 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Re: PTD on baseball By: HenHanna on Fri, 12 Apr 2024	0	15 Days 10 Hours ago By: HenHanna
(real-life Puzzle) a single man eats dinner alone in a diner or bistro By: HenHanna on Fri, 12 Apr 2024	0	15 Days 12 Hours ago By: HenHanna
dentist office problem By: Marco Moock on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	19	15 Days 21 Hours ago By: charles
C’est comme si je faisais pipi dans un chapeau de paille troué! By: HenHanna on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	1	16 Days 4 Hours ago By: HenHanna
modals -- (I threatened to sue him to make him quieter at night.) By: HenHanna on Thu, 11 Apr 2024	0	16 Days 4 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Nabokov (VN) and [Laughter in the Dark] By: HenHanna on Thu, 11 Apr 2024	0	16 Days 5 Hours ago By: HenHanna
are [albeit] and [sobeit] related? By: HenHanna on Thu, 11 Apr 2024	1	16 Days 5 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Laughter in the Dark By: Athel Cornish-Bowden on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	6	16 Days 6 Hours ago By: Marius_Hancu
Grammatically Correct: "Demain, il fera [le] jour" By: HenHanna on Thu, 4 Apr 2024	33	17 Days 1 Hour ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
(Left, Right) --- "robbing Peter to pay Paul" By: HenHanna on Wed, 10 Apr 2024	0	17 Days 8 Hours ago By: HenHanna
( Antimetabole, Chiasmus ) ---- Correctly Grouped? By: HenHanna on Fri, 5 Apr 2024	17	17 Days 16 Hours ago By: candycanearter07
that I would fall/modals 2 By: navi on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	1	17 Days 17 Hours ago By: Snidely
I've plucked more than nature allows, ,but the Groucho looks scary somehow. ... By: HenHanna on Tue, 9 Apr 2024	0	17 Days 19 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Merde alors! Wordle By: occam on Sun, 7 Apr 2024	20	18 Days 6 Hours ago By: Adam Funk
( German Riddle ) -- bald höckerig, bald schlicht. By: HenHanna on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	1	18 Days 11 Hours ago By: HenHanna
[lede] Always heard it but never saw it spelled until now By: Ken Blake on Sun, 31 Mar 2024	34	19 Days 7 Hours ago By: occam
'mag...leiden' --- (I don't suffer fools gladly) By: HenHanna on Sun, 7 Apr 2024	0	19 Days 15 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Re: Isaac Asimov died (6-4-1992) By: HenHanna on Sun, 7 Apr 2024	0	19 Days 15 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Re: HenHanna By: Ruud Harmsen on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	6	19 Days 20 Hours ago By: Ruud Harmsen
Doch wenn man was bestimmtes isst, mag man's daran nicht leiden. By: HenHanna on Fri, 5 Apr 2024	26	19 Days 21 Hours ago By: Ruud Harmsen
music videos By: Rich Ulrich on Sat, 30 Mar 2024	31	19 Days 22 Hours ago By: Phil Carmody
Proof, pudding By: Phil on Sun, 7 Apr 2024	0	20 Days 9 Hours ago By: Phil
(ACB on) -- Virginia Woolf died (28-3-1941) By: HenHanna on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	1	20 Days 18 Hours ago By: HenHanna
3 body problem By: bertitaylor on Sun, 24 Mar 2024	30	20 Days 20 Hours ago By: J. J. Lodder
Science fiction and Science Fantasy By: bertietaylor on Sat, 6 Apr 2024	5	21 Days ago By: occam
Scanning, Interpreting, & Parsing Charles Kingsley's "Easter Week" By: Metrist2021 on Fri, 5 Apr 2024	4	21 Days 1 Hour ago By: jerryfriedman
river/the river By: navi on Fri, 5 Apr 2024	3	21 Days 20 Hours ago By: Sam Plusnet
French [surname CAPITALIZATION] -- in the French version of Wikipedia? By: HenHanna on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	16	22 Days 15 Hours ago By: Sam Plusnet
French uses "ne" in contexts where English wouldn't use "not". --- (The pleonast By: HenHanna on Tue, 12 Mar 2024	62	22 Days 17 Hours ago By: wugi
Re: What's the origin of the word flake, meaning crackpot? By: HenHanna on Sat, 30 Mar 2024	2	22 Days 20 Hours ago By: jerryfriedman
better than good By: navi on Wed, 3 Apr 2024	6	23 Days 1 Hour ago By: Paul Carmichael
a (milk-producing) Cow the size of a Dog -- (13-year experiment) By: HenHanna on Tue, 2 Apr 2024	3	23 Days 6 Hours ago By: J. J. Lodder
tell instead of know By: navi on Sun, 31 Mar 2024	30	23 Days 7 Hours ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
going public with Trump Social. FYI. By: Rich Ulrich on Thu, 4 Apr 2024	0	23 Days 9 Hours ago By: Rich Ulrich
(flake, flaky) -- Which came first, Fluff or Fluffy? By: HenHanna on Thu, 4 Apr 2024	0	23 Days 11 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Use of them instead of his/her By: bertietaylor on Wed, 3 Apr 2024	11	23 Days 12 Hours ago By: Peter Moylan
OED's earliest evidence for [comic relief] is from 1783, in the writing of Thoma By: HenHanna on Wed, 3 Apr 2024	0	23 Days 17 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Flesh and blood By: LionelEdwards on Wed, 3 Apr 2024	1	23 Days 22 Hours ago By: LionelEdwards
Punctuation of "more readable" By: Pamela on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	11	24 Days 7 Hours ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
Full of reflects By: LionelEdwards on Mon, 1 Apr 2024	4	24 Days 18 Hours ago By: lar3ryca
Anagrams with the first and last letters correct By: Vladimir Putin on Sat, 27 Jan 2024	53	25 Days 15 Hours ago By: Paul Wolff
ACB ... if you see someone in London wearing a kilt you,think he's Scottish... By: HenHanna on Mon, 1 Apr 2024	3	25 Days 17 Hours ago By: SugarBug
[consulate] Israel bombed the Syrian consolate - but is that an embassy with dip By: Ken Blake on Mon, 1 Apr 2024	0	25 Days 17 Hours ago By: Ken Blake
Guardian error By: Vladimir Putin on Mon, 13 Nov 2023	51	26 Days 2 Hours ago By: Vladimir Putin
Re: Special delivery (signed for post) is pointless By: Vladimir Putin on Sun, 31 Mar 2024	5	26 Days 2 Hours ago By: Vladimir Putin
Term between friend and acquaintance By: Kyonshi on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	25	26 Days 9 Hours ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
Virginia Woolf died (28-3-1941) By: Ross Clark on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	30	26 Days 23 Hours ago By: jerryfriedman
Duero or Doruo? By: jerryfriedman on Sat, 30 Mar 2024	8	28 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
New take on the Periodic table (courtesy of xkcd) By: occam on Mon, 22 Jan 2024	2	28 Days 5 Hours ago By: J. J. Lodder
may have been years since ---- By: tonbei on Tue, 26 Mar 2024	9	28 Days 7 Hours ago By: Marius_Hancu
Re: WV Quine and English Usage By: HenHanna on Sat, 30 Mar 2024	0	28 Days 9 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Term between friend and acquaintance (a casual friend) (Bekannte) By: HenHanna on Sat, 30 Mar 2024	0	28 Days 9 Hours ago By: HenHanna
I found myself singing "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf". By: HenHanna on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	2	28 Days 9 Hours ago By: Peter Moylan
"a sight for sore eyes" -- [lion's share] By: HenHanna on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	1	28 Days 17 Hours ago By: HenHanna
ACB on Virginia Woolf died (28-3-1941) By: HenHanna on Fri, 29 Mar 2024	0	28 Days 22 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Ordene skal pusles på plads i opgaven. By: HenHanna on Mon, 25 Mar 2024	4	29 Days 1 Hour ago By: db
Wrapped up like a douche By: LionelEdwards on Wed, 27 Mar 2024	22	29 Days 4 Hours ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
Kyonshi is the Japanese term for a reanimated corpse, very similar to the Chines By: HenHanna on Tue, 26 Mar 2024	5	29 Days 4 Hours ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
Benjamin Franklin was a rockstar in France during his time there! By: HenHanna on Thu, 28 Mar 2024	0	29 Days 20 Hours ago By: HenHanna
Short (adverb) meaning --- Abruptly, curtly, briefly. By: HenHanna on Thu, 28 Mar 2024	3	30 Days 1 Hour ago By: Anton Shepelev
as in yours By: navi on Wed, 27 Mar 2024	4	30 Days 7 Hours ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
ceneme (n.) -- plereme (n.) By: HenHanna on Wed, 20 Mar 2024	18	30 Days 16 Hours ago By: Peter Moylan
'Forums' vs. 'Fora' By: Sn!pe on Fri, 22 Mar 2024	102	30 Days 17 Hours ago By: Bertel Lund Hansen
(IIII vs. IV) -- (the clock-face choice) -- (It is called by name, not by value) By: HenHanna on Wed, 20 Mar 2024	10	30 Days 17 Hours ago By: Lawrence D'Oliv
what women have By: navi on Tue, 26 Mar 2024	6	1 Month ago By: Hibou
Jack London's popularity in Russia stemmed from a confluence of factors By: HenHanna on Wed, 27 Mar 2024	1	1 Month ago By: HenHanna
Election By: Bertel Lund Hansen on Sun, 17 Mar 2024	28	1 Month ago By: Sam Plusnet
Teach Yourself Ventriloquism By: LionelEdwards on Mon, 25 Mar 2024	13	1 Month ago By: Sam Plusnet
Site By: kyonshi on Thu, 21 Mar 2024	9	1 Month ago By: Mark Brader
Re: dominoes? By: Sn!pe on Sat, 23 Mar 2024	19	1 Month 1 Day ago By: Phil Carmody
Rebuffs of computer scientists By: Stefan Ram on Sat, 23 Mar 2024	6	1 Month 1 Day ago By: Phil Carmody
Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries" By: HenHanna on Tue, 26 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 1 Day ago By: HenHanna
Swallowing a teaspoon won't paralyse you even if you can't do so (4) By: HenHanna on Tue, 26 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 1 Day ago By: HenHanna
Emordnilaps, Semordnilap(s), Anadrome By: HenHanna on Mon, 25 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 1 Day ago By: HenHanna
Provenance By: Snidely on Thu, 21 Mar 2024	26	1 Month 1 Day ago By: Peter Moylan
French Book entitled "How to succeed in love" was published in 1830 By: HenHanna on Mon, 25 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 2 Days ago By: HenHanna
grammaticalized (or grammaticized), a process often seen in historical linguisti By: HenHanna on Mon, 25 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 2 Days ago By: HenHanna
Is there a famous real case of a wedding ceremony interrupted by an objection? By: HenHanna on Sun, 24 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 2 Days ago By: HenHanna
to include By: navi on Sun, 24 Mar 2024	4	1 Month 3 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
The Expert Language Fallacy By: Stefan Ram on Sun, 24 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 3 Days ago By: Stefan Ram
"doggy bag" By: Stefan Ram on Sat, 23 Mar 2024	5	1 Month 3 Days ago By: Peter Moylan
Spoken English, An Example By: Stefan Ram on Thu, 21 Mar 2024	5	1 Month 3 Days ago By: Paul Carmichael
"poster child" By: Stefan Ram on Sat, 23 Mar 2024	1	1 Month 4 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
Sound the trumpet By: LionelEdwards on Wed, 20 Mar 2024	19	1 Month 4 Days ago By: Athel Cornish-Bowden
our feeling By: navi on Sat, 16 Mar 2024	6	1 Month 4 Days ago By: Stefan Ram
A song sung in three different languages By: LionelEdwards on Fri, 22 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 4 Days ago By: LionelEdwards
Re: The fifth amendment does not apply to 14.3 By: Just Wondering on Mon, 18 Mar 2024	7	1 Month 5 Days ago By: bertitaylor
Kanbun -- ( and Roman adoption of Greek gods and epics ) By: HenHanna on Fri, 22 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 5 Days ago By: HenHanna
Re: The fifth amendment does not apply to 14.3 By: Just Wondering on Mon, 18 Mar 2024	1	1 Month 6 Days ago By: Just Wondering
Re: When should I use first name terms? By: HenHanna on Wed, 20 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 7 Days ago By: HenHanna
Sea shanty -- ( Ship stuck diagonally in Suez Canal ) By: HenHanna on Wed, 20 Mar 2024	1	1 Month 7 Days ago By: HenHanna
(ABC riddles) -- Why is K like a sunrise? By: HenHanna on Wed, 20 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 7 Days ago By: HenHanna
I have never heard anyone use the phrase 'lean on the wall'. By: HenHanna on Thu, 14 Mar 2024	4	1 Month 7 Days ago By: HenHanna
IIII v IV - the clock face choice By: occam on Sat, 16 Mar 2024	33	1 Month 8 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
HELP! -- Swallowing a teaspoon won't paralyse you even if you can't do so (4) By: HenHanna on Fri, 15 Mar 2024	1	1 Month 8 Days ago By: HenHanna
a freshness, an aplomb By: navi on Sat, 2 Mar 2024	47	1 Month 8 Days ago By: Marius_Hancu
Re: The fifth amendment does not apply to 14.3 By: Just Wondering on Mon, 18 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 8 Days ago By: Just Wondering
old co-workers By: navi on Sun, 17 Mar 2024	5	1 Month 9 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
SPAM squeeze until it pops By: Marco Moock on Sat, 16 Mar 2024	10	1 Month 10 Days ago By: Sam Plusnet
Word order matters By: Peter Moylan on Thu, 14 Mar 2024	33	1 Month 10 Days ago By: Peter Moylan
on many a weekend By: navi on Thu, 14 Mar 2024	9	1 Month 10 Days ago By: Ian Jackson
Bicycle monarchy By: occam on Wed, 13 Mar 2024	32	1 Month 10 Days ago By: J. J. Lodder
Different question By: Sn!pe on Thu, 14 Mar 2024	28	1 Month 10 Days ago By: Paul Wolff
Cuckooing - new UK legislation By: occam on Sat, 2 Mar 2024	9	1 Month 11 Days ago By: Marius_Hancu
A question about French By: Bertel Lund Hansen on Tue, 12 Mar 2024	9	1 Month 11 Days ago By: Marius_Hancu
Where have all the messages gone? By: Peter Moylan on Mon, 11 Mar 2024	60	1 Month 11 Days ago By: Sn!pe
Re: Comma after "however" or later in the sentence? By: HenHanna on Sun, 10 Mar 2024	4	1 Month 11 Days ago By: Marius_Hancu
a name for the google groups exit -- GGexit? By: HenHanna on Fri, 15 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 11 Days ago By: HenHanna
for being loud By: arthurvv vart on Mon, 29 Jan 2024	12	1 Month 12 Days ago By: Marius_Hancu
Oscar Notes ... the scoring summary By: Snidely on Tue, 12 Mar 2024	31	1 Month 12 Days ago By: Snidely
That's what she said By: Stefan Ram on Fri, 15 Mar 2024	1	1 Month 12 Days ago By: Madhu
Re: The fifth amendment does not apply to 14.3 By: % on Thu, 14 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 13 Days ago By: %
lean against the wall By: tonbei on Wed, 13 Mar 2024	10	1 Month 13 Days ago By: Hibou
[natter] The first known use of natter was in 1942 By: Ken Blake on Thu, 14 Mar 2024	3	1 Month 13 Days ago By: Ken Blake
Re: that door of the building By: HenHanna on Mon, 11 Mar 2024	1	1 Month 13 Days ago By: HenHanna
Harry's brother By: navi on Wed, 13 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 13 Days ago By: navi
Surname is shorter and seems more precise. -- than [Last name] [Family name] By: HenHanna on Sun, 10 Mar 2024	12	1 Month 13 Days ago By: Sam Plusnet
Re: they should have been/tense question By: HenHanna on Mon, 11 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 15 Days ago By: HenHanna
Re: Suffixes -oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic By: HenHanna on Mon, 11 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 15 Days ago By: HenHanna
within two to three years By: navi on Mon, 4 Mar 2024	4	1 Month 15 Days ago By: Sam Plusnet
Re: [OT-ish] Does anyone remember the Atkinson affair of about 1970-1971? By: HenHanna on Mon, 11 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 15 Days ago By: HenHanna
Salinger: amalgam of prizefighter and mystic By: navi on Thu, 7 Mar 2024	16	1 Month 16 Days ago By: Silvano
Re: voluble By: HenHanna on Sun, 10 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 16 Days ago By: HenHanna
Salinger: amalgam of prizefighter and mystic... By: HenHanna on Fri, 8 Mar 2024	3	1 Month 16 Days ago By: HenHanna
Re: The origin of 'gumshoe' By: HenHanna on Sun, 10 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 16 Days ago By: HenHanna
Re: The origin of 'gumshoe' By: HenHanna on Sun, 10 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 16 Days ago By: HenHanna
good memories By: navi on Sat, 9 Mar 2024	7	1 Month 16 Days ago By: HenHanna
Scanning Longfellow's "Evangeline": Substitution + Anacrusis? By: Metrist2021 on Sat, 9 Mar 2024	4	1 Month 16 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
Dingbats (rebus) difficulty="Medium" (harder for non-Brits) -- (the last one is By: HenHanna on Tue, 5 Mar 2024	2	1 Month 17 Days ago By: HenHanna
IWD By: Anton Shepelev on Thu, 7 Mar 2024	7	1 Month 17 Days ago By: Sam Plusnet
feliz cumpleaños, Pepe By: Snidely on Sat, 9 Mar 2024	0	1 Month 18 Days ago By: Snidely
comparative/younger By: navi on Mon, 26 Feb 2024	140	1 Month 18 Days ago By: jerryfriedman
Re: World Scouse Day (28 February) By: HenHanna on Fri, 1 Mar 2024	3	1 Month 19 Days ago By: Ross Clark
[the few] is more likely to mean [a few] or [few] ? By: HenHanna on Tue, 5 Mar 2024	19	1 Month 19 Days ago By: jerryfriedman

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