Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010

In past threads we have discussed the topological, non-geographical,
maps of the routes of the London Underground rail lines.[1]
Last night there was a brief glimpse of a map in that style during a TV
documentary on Imperial Airways.

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Hello,
I found this expression in an article: "Nice behaviours!" ("The
advantages of being called NICE", Journal of Public Health Dec 2008)

I really like the English expression
"I feel a ... coming up!"
It amuses me whenever I hear somebody using it.
What variations are common? ("song", "rhyme", what else?)

One often hears that Eskimos have an unusually large number of words
for "snow."
The Wikipedia article on this subject proclaims this an "urban
legend":

Is it right to say: accomodation to hospital? What is more exact
medicine phraze? TIA Zurab

Movie memes
I am wondering about the movie meme where there are some
sidebar scenes of couples sitting on a couch and
discussing their earlier lives, or perhaps the

Children of my class and generation ran around with pretty much who they
liked.
or
Children of my class and generation ran around with pretty much whom

I got a sentence from Economist about China. I don't understand the
usage of  "would form part of his grooming. " . Is this clause
describe the analyst thought that mean the analyst thought
would form part of Mr Xi's grooming.  Or this clause is describe the

Is the usage of "against" here idiomatic? I think so, but seems rare.
Better alternatives?
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The redhead pushed a button against the garage wall and the big door

What is the pair word for "Guy" according to female.

http://dnghu.org/
Perhaps you have heard of it. A Spanish guy (who apparently gets some
sort of government funding) advocates what he calls Modern Indo-
European as an international language. Form seeing his conversations

What kind of hands are these? BTW, there's no one with a black skin in
the car. Stocking "support system" or just patterns with no supporting
capability?"
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It seems to me that, on balance, they are: more polite, more
thoughtful than participants of many other newsgroups.
Not that this group is without its less-polite, less-thoughtful folk
(as with nearly any newsgroup).  But for the most part, this does seem

What would be the meaning of:
"bopped out" here?
It must be something like "he articulated/said/responded," I guess,
but I'm not sure. Probably AAVE.

I read the advice to »fake a type-A personality« in the
 World Wide Web.
 I wonder how many English language readers might be able
 to understand what this means without any further explanation?