.@sapinker Correct use of 'enormity' was new to me. Thank you.
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@wowbaggerish@sapinker I began using the correct pronunciation after taking a stats class.
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@sapinker@krieghofer That's very helpful. Still struggling with this language. Even after >10 years on the island...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker - Glad to see 'begging the question' was high up on the list. :o)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker bemused can also mean: Listen to a Muse song and not having te slightest idea what's it about. (Which is always te case)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Should have included pry/prise and masterful/masterly.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker a minor bone to pick: a melting pot is, in fact, homogeneous, no?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I wonder why criterion/criteria preserves the original Greek rule for plural. Why not criterions?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Also 'evacuate'. Huge difference when applied to buildings and people!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I fully expect a few double entendres in this thread. Also, still laughing about Urban Legend.... oh dear!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker You don't think "the plot was cliched" has passed into common usage? 'The plot was a cliche' sounds clumsy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I liked a girl who had jet-black hair and I complimented her by calling it “ravenous"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker That was fun
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@sapinker@krieghofer Never will call my neighbour a noisome (&^$%)!! when he plays loud music! ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker My pet hate is: sanguine to mean phlegmatic rather than optimistic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker many of my fellow feds are also fighting the lost cause for data as a plural noun, although they never push datumThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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