Lie Ryan

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Dec 19	accepted	Terms for duplicated words
Dec 19	asked	Terms for duplicated words
Nov 10	comment	What does the word “rich” mean in the reactionary sarcastic phrase “That's rich!”? @Jared Updike,@Acorn: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/That%27s+rich!
Nov 10	comment	How to express a group suggestion? “I would like for us all to …” "How about you all do X" seems to imply you're going to offload the work to your team and don't want to do the work yourself; How about "How about we do X?"?
Nov 10	comment	What does “educated” mean in “educated guess”? perhaps you meant "antonym"?
Sep 30	comment	“Less” vs. “fewer” @bryn,@nohat: +1 for bryn's pedantness about the pedanticism; and +1 for defeating nohat♦'s usual attitude of unprescriptivinism.
Sep 30	awarded	Supporter
Sep 30	comment	Is the English Language becoming more generic, in the sense that English is distinguishing less between masculine and feminine? I'm voting for the addition of the word "s/he" to a standard dictionary.
Sep 30	comment	Is the English Language becoming more generic, in the sense that English is distinguishing less between masculine and feminine? Except for male and female (or man and woman), no gender differentiation isn't strictly necessary. You can theoretically replace mother with female parent; and uncle with parent's male sibling. Having gendered words is convenient though, so it's unlikely we will lose them any time soon.