Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2008

In a documentary, transsexual icon Amanda Lepore did some nude modelling
at a photo shoot. Getting ready for the shoot, she had someone put some
oil on her and rubbing it into the skin. Someone says "That's really
good", and then there's some kidding around and general laughter. ...

And here's the whole statement:
"On the other hand, you do not believe in alliterative rhymes as I do,
I am of the opinion
that Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Meyebeer, that Bach, Beethoven, and

Has anyone using nntp.aioe.org found that some posts by other people are
only readable through other people's posts?
This appears to be a spotty phenomenon, but I noticed that some of Bob
Lieblich's posts were missing in my download a few days ago, and today,

I had a very bad experience with Socita Bank (Canadian), and in the
end I ended up closing it. I was even more offend by the fact that
neither the teller nor manager asked me why I wanted to close my
accounts. I'll never ever do any banking with Scotia Bank.

I recently read Redmond O'Hanlon's book _In Trouble Again_, and
noticed that he (or perhaps his editor) consistently capitalizes the
first word of multi-word common or English names of animals.  Here are
two examples from near the end of the book: "Two Greater

Paul Newman, RIP

Wikipedia's definition of model is "a person whose occupation is to
function as a living prop."
What is a living prop?

An Albany woman arrested for speeding near Sutherlin
    is believed to be the 'Nude Skater'...was told to tone
    it down while skating nude on the Portland waterfront.
    Police say she was driving more than 110 miles an hour.

Has BBC News been taken over by "The Onion"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2854189.stm

Are the "on"'s necessary and if so, what extra meaning do they bring in?
(I'm aware of the "continuation" meaning)
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[He's driving on the highway]

I am noting political correctness and political concerns
about not being reelected for screwing America, our word
"bailout" is now "rescue".
"This is not a BAILOUT! This is a RESCUE!"

Can I say:" I would like to stack up enough food in my refrigerator?"
Thanks

Visting a web site at UCLA today I saw a list headed "Emeriti Faculty".
I can't manage to convince myself that this makes sense.
"Faculty" is surely a singular noun. In BrE we might say "the faculty
are...", but previous discussions on AUE suggest that you couldn't say

You know what schadenfreude is? Now it's time for a new German word:
Fremdschämen!
Imagine you see someone in a really embarrassing situation in public,
think Sarah Palin's interviews with Gibson or Couric. If you gloat

I can't find "rattabass," it must be a distortion of something.
Could it be related to "rat?"
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