Paul Richter

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I am a native speaker of American English.

	1,637 reputation	bio	website		visits	member for	1 year, 4 months
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Jan 9	awarded	Yearling
Oct 13	answered	What do “wonk” as against performer and “Wonking out” mean?
Aug 2	awarded	Nice Answer
Jul 24	awarded	Nice Answer
Jul 20	awarded	Necromancer
Jul 19	answered	Does ambulance refer to the vehicle being used or the purpose of the vehicle?
Jun 25	comment	Meaning of “missile” Also cops can legally exceed the speed limit if needed, and high speed is a prominent attribute of missiles.
Jun 19	comment	Difference Between “Sell” and “Sale”? "sell" can also be a noun: "a hard sell" and probably many other expressions in the worlds of law and marketing.
May 29	comment	Is the acronym PIGS (or PIIGS) offensive? If they want it to be pronounceable, it's either SPIG, GIPS, GISP, or PIGS. Only one is a real word.
May 25	answered	“Indian-born Chinese” vs. “Chinese-born Indian”
May 22	revised	Dignitary vs VIP(Very Important Person) added 3 characters in body
May 22	revised	Why is “Rosen Plevneliev” pronounced with a /z/? predominantly
May 22	comment	Why is “Rosen Plevneliev” pronounced with a /z/? Thanks, I knew there had to be some unvoiced 'ose' words out there. Still, none that start with 'r' or end with 'n', so the 'z' rule stands.
May 22	answered	Dignitary vs VIP(Very Important Person)
May 22	comment	Use of “concur” in a formal context Concur is a word I would never expect to hear uttered in a ghetto.
May 22	answered	Why is “Rosen Plevneliev” pronounced with a /z/?
May 22	comment	What's the meaning of “real gone” Let's not forget Boney M's camp disco classic "Rasputin": "There was a cat that really was gone."
May 22	answered	Word for thing with positive and negative consequences
May 21	awarded	Mortarboard
May 21	revised	Usage of “self” as a pronoun fix link