Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

from the 1st annual World Science Forum, "Marvin Minsky - Artificial
Intelligence" (9 November)--
http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=liveblog_marvin_minsky_artificial_intell&m
ore=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&ref=rss

Re: Everything went like one o'clock.
Does this mean "perfectly?"
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After visiting the wine-cellar, she dressed, and then came the

I believe the most common way to pronounce "Iron" is: "i-yern"
However, is "i-run" incorrect?  It is not that common, but does that
mean it is an incorrect pronunciation?
Thanks!

im looking for some books

Hi everyone!I need some help with this topic 'cause I have to do a
research paper for school and I don't find anything..Could anyone
please help me?!Thanks!

For two days, the Mastertexts.com site has been unresponsive, giving
only one line of near-nonsense text. I don't find any alternate version,
and I see that recently the site was listed as being for sale to the
highest bidder, so maybe we're out of luck.

I remember this regular contributor to your newsgroup sometime ago.  What's
happened to her ?
Lion

Is it true that the verb "produce" is strongly associated with
agricultural production and that one would therefore be wise not to use
the slogan "Proud to Produce" for a conference on industrial
manufacturing? Or does this depend on the target audience?

In a Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown says, "My dad still cuts across his
tee shots..." (when he plays golf)
What does he mean by "cutting across tee shots"?
Would you paraphrase it for me?

Is "drawn up short," "shocked?"
Or "brought to a halt?"
Also, what's a "deadly?"
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I wonder what's the meaning of "Steady on!" in this context?
Is it "carefully, but steady?"
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[Their car has just hit a cat, and the driver is asking them to get off]

I read a sentence in the textbook as folows.
I stepped to the microphone. Aware of all the heads bobbing in the sea
before me, I began my speech. A few phrases tumbled out quickly, the
tremor in my voice noticeable. Yet with the crowd quieted down, a

A few years years ago, I was tickled by a mumble-year old's answer to
the question: "How old are you?". But I've forgotten it.
As I remember it, the respondee used a word that sounded vaguely like
"twenty-three", but equally like "seventy-three"  ...or somthing like

Hi, native speakers of English,
I just read that  the word "peeps" can mean "sleep". Can you tell me where
and how it is used?
Thanks,

my name is faisal and i want to know when and where do we use these
words
"NEVER THE LESS"