Affable Geek

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Software Developer, part-time pastor, and I raise chickens. Who can't love a chicken?


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10
ON an American street, but IN a British one. Do the twain ever meet?
jan 10 '12 at 15:57
8
Continuous vs contiguous when talking about files
feb 16 '12 at 12:52
7
What is the difference between “English” and “British”?
dec 16 '11 at 20:40
7
Percentages of meanings in an English dictionary
dec 9 '11 at 14:47
6
Meaning of “full of it”
jan 14 at 19:19
6
Why is a w a “Double u”, but an m is not a “Double n”?
dec 1 '11 at 2:34
5
“Infer” vs. “imply” — can “infer” imply “imply”?
may 13 at 17:44
5
The dog is (a) half wolf
nov 30 at 2:59
5
The use of “real” in the following cases
nov 24 at 15:44
5
What does “key off” somebody’s column mean?
sep 28 at 21:08
5
“The author wrote” vs. “the author writes”
sep 28 at 19:17
5
Consonant transposition: Why is “Wednesday” pronounced “Wensday”?
dec 9 '11 at 13:44
4
Is “Songify” a well-received word as an English neology?
oct 24 at 1:54
4
“A […] of riches” — what word is missing?
apr 14 '12 at 0:30
4
Plural of “talent”
dec 15 '11 at 20:00
4
Is ‘12ers’ well-established alias for 2012 Presidential candidate?
dec 11 '11 at 3:58
3
What is the term for “cousin of a cousin”?
feb 16 '12 at 13:00
2
Non-financial costs
may 2 at 13:06
2
Syntax tree of a sentence
may 1 at 18:09
2
One's brilliant vocabulary and a tendency to show it off
jan 9 at 17:33
2
When is it appropriate to use “scare quotes”?
may 31 '12 at 21:16
2
What can I do instead of [sic]?
feb 13 '12 at 19:22
1
Is “tell neither X nor Y” equivalent to “not tell both X and Y” or “not tell either X and Y”?
jan 24 at 14:58
1
Term that means adaptation to a suboptimal situation
jan 21 at 20:25
1
Religious sense of “minister”
mar 15 '12 at 13:34
1
“Improvement in/on/of/to something”
feb 14 '12 at 19:16
1
Is there a name for words following this pattern?
jan 18 '12 at 21:16
0
$ sign where did it originate?
may 2 at 15:13
0
“Why you no…?” or “What that no…?” — are those grammatically correct?
nov 24 at 15:43
0
Word meaning “Identical statement except for swapping (selected) nouns and verbs”
oct 31 at 22:09
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