Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2006

Compliments of the season. My thanks to all those members who have
offered answers to my query of 26 Dec. about the use of the verb RECALL
(transitive) in the example "Her photographs recall a dark episode in
US history".Assuming that the latter is awkward &/or rare, if not

Recently I have been reading some information about the surname
"Auchinachie".  The name is apparently of a Scottish origin.
How is it pronounced?  As a business name (Auchinachie Plumbing) one
usually hears [A 'hAn @ hi:], although I went to a baseball game at

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Is the r in macabre used as a vowel? Especially in the pronunciation
given in dictionaries without using the final e.

This seems relevant to an English group.
What is the difference between lying in state vs. lying in repose?
President Ford will be doing both within the next few days, under the
Capital dome versus by the House and the Senate.

"To recall": Is it correctly used in the example "Her photographs
recall a dark episode in US history" ?

What could be the meaning of "to lay round" in the following?
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[The Boss (the State Governor) talking to Hugh Miller, a seemingly
idealistic lawyer, who had been up until that time the State's Attorney

Hi. I recently read somewhere that 'doubt that' is wrong and that one
should only say 'doubt whether'. But 'doubt that' seems to have inured
in the langauge as I see it everywhere. My impression - and I have
never before expressly thought this through - is that the sentence

Hi, all
This is perhaps not the proper forum to ask this question, but you're
all very much into the language and its meanings, so I thought I'd take
a chance.  Apologies if it's inappropriate.

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2006/12/how_to_stay_beautiful_at_any_a.html
"For 40-year-old supermodel mom Cindy Crawford, a mix of milk and
water misted on the face eschews a dewy fresh look..."

What's *really* happened to Ned Sherrin?
I think we should be told.
DC

Is "in the manly state" a known euphemism (perhaps obsolete now) for
"having an erection?"
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[This is a passage written by Cass Mastern in his journal during the

I understand this putative "should" is quite rare in AmE, esp in
recent versions of it. True?
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He even took a relish in the squalor, in the privilege of letting a

I wonder about the meaning of
"Before you get shet of me" in the enclosed quotation.
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[The Boss, talking to prospective voters]

Is this "pull" an "extended break/interval of time" or "separation
(from her husband)?" Couldn't find anything related in my references.
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[Lucy Stark separates from her husband.]