Robin Green

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Feb
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 awarded  Nice Answer
Dec
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 comment What are the connotations of the word “Greetings” when used as a greeting?
I was taught as a child to use "Dear Sir or Madam", instead of "Dear Sir", in such situations.
Dec
7
 asked What are the connotations of the word “Greetings” when used as a greeting?
Apr
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Apr
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Apr
24
 answered “Lunch” vs. “dinner” vs. “supper” — times and meanings?
Apr
17
 comment When and why did the em-dash and the hyphen supplant the semicolon?
@Cerberus I think you have misread my question.
Apr
17
 comment What is currently the most obscene word in British English?
I have heard that "cunt" is thrown about much more liberally in Scotland than in England.
Apr
17
 comment When did “fag” become an offensive word?
Fag is still used as a word for cigarette in the UK.
Apr
17
 comment What are “a” and “certain” adding in meaning to the phrase “a certain Mr. Ripley”?
The last can also, of course, be used in an arch or ironic way, when the listeners know full well who Mr. Ripley is. In that case no further details would likely be forthcoming.
Apr
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 asked When and why did the em-dash and the hyphen supplant the semicolon?
Apr
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Apr
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 comment What does the “right” in the “The Right Honourable” mean? Why is it there?
This is an example of the fact that some of the words and phrases that we may assume to have wholly-invented "slang meanings", have actually had their "slang meanings" borrowed from older and/or regional English usage. Which leads to a nice dilemma for dictionary writers: how to write about the modern usage?
Apr
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Apr
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 asked Why do some people say “there have voted”? Is it grammatical, or maybe historical?