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Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) World Wide Words
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 20:19:24 +0100
May have been me - I do subscribe to that.  And on the subject of cupboards
and closets I was surprised to see no mention of a "press"...

On Saturday, July 5, 2014, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Some time back, someone on this list (for some reason I think it was Jez,
> but remain unsure) referenced a blog titled World Wide Words.
>
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/qnic.htm
>
> I have been enjoying this blog since. In the 5 July issue, the writer
> remarked that he might use a particular word (from a discussion of closets
> and cupboards and such), but it wasn’t in his idiolect. I was enchanted by
> the definition as found when selecting the world and right-clicking look
> up:  the speech habits peculiar to a particular person.
>
> But I wondered if, on this list, it might also be true that the definition
> would be: the speech habits particular to a peculiar person.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Word Loving Neanderthal
>
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