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- Fri May 27, 2011 2:29 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Earthquake!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45477
Stumbled Upon Again
First response of members here: "Who the hell resurrected a six year old thread?" So I noticed a large influx of spam into one of e-mail accounts and figured I would do a Google search on my e-mail address to see what was out there. Of the four search results in Google, this one popped up and I was ...
- Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:57 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Earthquake!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45477
Thanks for all the welcoming replys. The more I read in these forums, the more I learn and realize that my own observations on how people speak follow many of the basic premises which all of you seem to follow. A lot of the terminology escapes me. But, I would imagine it would be the same if you stu...
- Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:20 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Earthquake!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45477
I do have a question: How in the world did you run across our conversation about your interview? I actually stumbled across it inadvertently. I came across the link to this site while searching for a news article my mother had seen. No matter how many times she has seen me quoted it is still exciti...
- Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:56 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: What do Americans call the BrE washbasin in the picture?
- Replies: 21
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I would imagine, as Stephen has alluded to, that the term would vary some depending on what part of the American continent one came from. I most commonly hear sink used but have also heard washbasin used from time to time. This thread brings to mind the geographic variation of the term used for carb...
- Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:57 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Earthquake!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45477
I do not believe Mr. Bellini was referring to earthquakes in general, but rather to this one in particular when he said, " This is considered a major earthquake. It has the potential ..." Mr. Bellini wants you to understand that he thinks today's earthquake is to be considered major. It also is fac...