Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

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The massive process of counting Minnesota's midterm election vote went

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Hi, My name is James I have a site
http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
of online info I came to put all the best of it together for my own
reference, and have now put it online to share with others that are

This may well have been answered already, but can anyone tell me
whether "torture" is frequently used as an intransitive verb in
America? I had never come across this before Mr. Bush's famous claim.

"There is the devil to pay"
Is this anything like Faust?:-)
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"How do you like your work?" interposed Margaret.

Odd ,I killfiled one name and two disappeared.
I've been killfiling a lot here lately, it seems that some oddball trolls
have discovered the group.
Their sense of humour eludes me.

Is "lardy-da" related to "being overweight?"
Also, would "notty" signify "naughty?"
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We chatted pleasantly a little about husbands, and I wondered where

Regarding the multiplication of quaternions --
I originally learned it as i*k = j, k*i = -j; j*i = k, i*j = -k; and
k*j = i, j*k = -i.  However, the article at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion has it described the other way

Hey all,
Just announcing the November Issue of the Writer's Beat Ezine (Writers
Club).
There truly is a ton of information in this issue. There is no where to

I'm suspecting that someone on the internet is pretending to be an
American but in fact isn't. How likely is an American to spell honor as
"honour"?

What the flick are you trying to do, insult Chris Bruke, the Downs
Syndrome TRUE HERO who would be insulted by the word R--T----D. Ya
don't even know how sick you sound....go smoke a Joe Camel cigarrette,
amybe you will die and perish...

A Respected Regular used the term "... which I should have done from
the git".  I understand the meaning - "from the git go" which is
presumably a variance of "from the get go".
But I had to read it three times, because of the UK meaning of "git".

I want to know the correct usage of 'all around' in conversational
english? Here's the context I just heard, "I like different types of
sports, including basketball, football, etc..., basically I'm all
around."

For the Brits out there: I'd appreciate some pointers re the use of
"should" (as opposed to "would") in subordinate clauses, in the formal
BrE.
Clear rules in effect would be best, also links.

"It's unethical, it's disgusting and it is beyond reproach."

statement denying the authenticity of a document regarding a telephone
call Rep. Sweeney's wife may have made to the police to complain