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El D

Same sound, different spelling?

Has anyone ever done any research on how words that sound the same but are spelt differently evolved? Surely all speech developed phonetically?
22:36 Fri 28th Apr 20065 answers, last by Mr Songman 10:13 Tue 09th May 2006
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Qmark78

Boys of Summer Original or Cover version?

this is rather brave and bold statement but i prefer the cover dancey version by dj sammy and im an old geezer who remembers the original!! what about everyone else and why?
13:53 Wed 26th Apr 200628 answers, last by 198x 01:58 Wed 03rd May 2006
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tomatoes

Clarification

SORRY- I didn't make it clear the first is a homonym or homograph? Question ONE Thief enters via a window. QUESTION TWO Number phrase -99 L S Thank you for your help.
18:52 Mon 17th Apr 20062 answers, last by davver 01:55 Thu 20th Apr 2006
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inej

Do you mix with your neighbours much ?

I was shocked today to here that a work colleague of mine as lived in the same street for 20 years and only know's one neighbour in her street. It used to be a time when we used to look out for each...
22:19 Wed 19th Apr 200616 answers, last by barneyboo 23:19 Thu 20th Apr 2006
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Morrisonker

TS Elliot's The Waste Land

Does anyone know of any good essays or books about this poem that would help me out. I have an essay due for the 3 week in march and I'd like any books you've read and personally recommend rather than...
22:58 Tue 28th Feb 20065 answers, last by davver 01:31 Thu 20th Apr 2006
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tash_1987

french

in the french language, when writing 'because he' we write 'parce qu'il'. So how would we write 'because one has'? would it be 'parce que on doit' or 'parce qu'on doit'?
16:22 Tue 18th Apr 20066 answers, last by Famous5 11:26 Thu 20th Apr 2006
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baremission

the pardoners tale

someone please elighten me: what is the educational value of reading chaucer as an english AS text when the bloody thing isnt even in english? i cant understand it and have to for my exam! ooo what i...
15:48 Wed 19th Apr 200619 answers, last by baremission 19:47 Fri 21st Apr 2006
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inej

Can anyone recommend a good celebrity biography ?autobiography?

Does anybody know any good biography qorth reading ?
21:34 Wed 19th Apr 200615 answers, last by swamp duck 18:26 Thu 20th Apr 2006
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Bohne

Spelling

Why do so many English speaking (writing) people attach so little importance to their spelling? Or do they?
12:50 Wed 22nd Feb 200617 answers, last by maxtown 10:08 Fri 18th Oct 2013
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Intheknow

opening lines in a book

Does anyone know which book these are the opening lines of. 'The deportation order arrived one clear morning in early April' Thanks for any help.
21:49 Sun 18th Dec 20052 answers, last by juliely 19:06 Wed 21st Dec 2005
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Kenzo

The Da Vinci code - is it worth the hype?

Should I invest my money in this book, or is it just some hyped up junk?
22:09 Sun 18th Dec 200514 answers, last by Kishimo 22:23 Thu 22nd Dec 2005
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Loosehead

Obesity Discrimination?

Do ABers think there is discrimination in employement against Obesity as reported in the news recently?
11:05 Wed 26th Oct 200524 answers, last by davver 12:19 Tue 08th Nov 2005
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Loosehead

Guardian jobs pages

Why do local authorities mostly advertise their "jobs" in the Guardian? Are they saying that they only want to recruit Guardian readers? Are they saying that in order to be a 5 a day consultant you...
12:26 Fri 04th Nov 200532 answers, last by january_bug 16:59 Sun 06th Nov 2005
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Loosehead

Latest on the smoking situation

Just seen the news. Pubs that sell food: no smoking; pubs that don't/private clubs: up to them and even that will take years. I just think they've missed an opportunity to follow suit with Ireland...
20:04 Wed 26th Oct 200565 answers, last by kat472 16:33 Tue 29th Nov 2005
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druiaghtagh

Space Time

I have always been c..p at science and physics, i recently read a very simplified explanation of Space Time that goes thus.. you can commit an act in one second and exactly the same thing later but...
15:43 Sun 30th Oct 20054 answers, last by druiaghtagh 03:37 Mon 31st Oct 2005
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davver

Probability poser

Whould I be more likely to win a prize if I bought 3 tickets to one raffle or a ticket to each of three raffles? All raffles have the same number of tickets, say 100 for the sake of argument. Instinct...
11:12 Wed 05th Oct 200520 answers, last by Space 13:11 Fri 07th Oct 2005
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Dom Tuk

The slogan B... to Blair....whats the offence

The slogan B to Blair (you know what i mean) has gone down in political folklore as an apt repudiation of the policies of one mad man in the face of sustained opposition of the faceless and helpless...
19:37 Sat 24th Sep 200548 answers, last by davver 12:37 Mon 03rd Oct 2005
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Leah Reeve

Disappointed in the Half Blood Prince

I've just finished reading it for the fifth time and I SO mad with JKR!  I am a HUGE fan - I love the books (it's the child in me!)  But did anyone else get really annoyed?  The end of...
15:24 Tue 20th Sep 200524 answers, last by potterfan101 16:57 Sat 15th Oct 2005
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Ding-Dong

That Statue - again!

I suspect I'm going to get hammered here, but don't really care - the woman with no arms or legs who has a statue in Trafalgar Square (cant be bothered to remember her name) has said...
10:18 Mon 19th Sep 200536 answers, last by Trillipse 11:39 Sun 25th Sep 2005
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seal!

Nudity

Why is it ok to show tribal women nude, on nature/exploration shows, but not ok under any other circumstances?
22:07 Thu 22nd Sep 20056 answers, last by Del424 05:32 Sun 25th Sep 2005

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