:Po-faced

  • wwwords Po-faced: 2

    :poach

  • FX: "bug"="defect": 1

    :poached

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 17

    :Poachers

  • UCLE11: The: 1

    :pocket

  • RH_wotd out of pocket: 1
  • wwwords Pocket Fowler (book review): 1
  • EMorris: O : 1
  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 2
  • FX: "bug"="defect": 1
  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1

    :Pocket Fowler (book review)

  • wwwords Pocket Fowler (book review): 1

    :pockets

  • awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 2
  • awwy_H: 'Word With You' list for letter H: 2
  • awwy_I: 'Word With You' list for letter I: 1
  • awwy_L: 'Word With You' list for letter L: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 5
  • awwy_W: 'Word With You' list for letter W: 1

    :pocus

  • RH_wotd abracadabra; hocus pocus: 1
  • EMorris: H : 1

    :podagry

  • FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

    :Podibanda

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :podium

  • Common errors: P: 1

    :POED

  • Initialisms that have been used in AUE: 1

    :Poed

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :poem

  • FX: "blue moon" (notes by Philip Hiscock): 1
  • FX: English is Tough Stuff: 2
  • FX: "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste" (Desiderata): 2
  • FX: Postfix "not": 1
  • Intro E: Humorous poems about spelling: 2
  • UCLE08: London’s: 1

    :poems

  • FX: "all ... not": 1
  • FX: "like" vs "such as": 1
  • Intro E: Intro E: Mini-FAQ on Spelling: 1

    :poet

  • Lawler booklist: Books on English, Language, and Linguistics: 1
  • UCLE09: One: 1

    :poetic

  • FX: "-er" vs "-re": 1
  • FX: "It's me" vs "It is I": 1
  • Lawler zilch: zilch: 1
  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :poetry

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • FX: "done"="finished": 1
  • Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in a word. When I go: 1
  • Lawler lingmarks: Frequently Asked Questions about English grammar and usage, Series 1 and 2by (* ahem *) John Lawler: 1
  • Lawler spelling: So Much For Spelling Reform: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 5

    :Poets

  • Resources: �������� 2. The URL in the original list now: 1
  • Lawler eclectic: Mathematics: 1
  • Intro B: Writing and Grammar Guides On Line: 1

    :Pogey

  • wwwords Pogey: 2

    :pogo

  • FX: trademarks: 1

    :Pogonotrophy

  • wwwords Pogonotrophy: 2

    :Pogospeak

  • Initialisms that have been used in AUE: 1

    :poignant

  • FX: "fuck": 1

    :point

  • File Not Found: 1
  • RH_wotd point man: 1
  • wwwords Case in point: 1
  • wwwords Moot point: 1
  • Common errors: M: 1
  • Common errors: P: 1
  • Garbl: A: 1
  • Garbl: E: 1
  • Garbl: P: 1
  • J_Lynch: A: 2
  • EMorris: O : 1
  • Comments on a proposal for reformed English spelling: 1
  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • awwy_J: 'Word With You' list for letter J: 1
  • FX: "beg the question": 3
  • FX: Commonest words: 1
  • FX: "cut to the chase": 1
  • FX: "fuck": 1
  • FX: Guidelines for posting: 1
  • FX: How did "Truly" become a personal name?: 1
  • FX: "suck"="be very unsatisfying" by John Davies: 1
  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1
  • FX: "widget" (notes by William C. Waterhouse): 2
  • FX: Words whose spelling has influenced their pronunciation: 2
  • Genitive: Genitive is not always possessive.: 1
  • Lawler anymore: anymore: 1
  • Lawler comma: Commas again: 1
  • Lawler correct: "Correctness": 1
  • Lawler headline: Headline grammar: 1
  • Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in a word. When I go: 2
  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 1
  • Lawler q-neg: Quantifier-Negative Semantics: 1
  • Lawler spelling: So Much For Spelling Reform: 1
  • Lawler tense: >Past tenses:: 1
  • Lawler thehell: Usage of "the hell": 1
  • Interface: Which should I use?  Perlfect Search or the Concordance?: 1
  • Intro A: Guidelines for posting: 1
  • Intro A: Responding: 1
  • Intro B: Historical English, and English Literature: 1
  • Intro C: "beg the question": 1
  • IPA II: Consonants and Vowels:: 1
  • IPA II: A Quick Look:: 1
  • IPA II: Affricates, diphthongs and triphthongs:: 1
  • IPA I: A Quick Look:: 1
  • IPA I: Affricates, diphthongs and triphthongs: 1
  • IPA I: Consonants and vowels: 1
  • IPA I: Vowel pronunciations by experts: 1
  • The Totally Official Boink Home Page: 6
  • Supp: What is prescriptivism?: 3
  • Our 404 page: 1
  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :POINT

  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :point man

  • RH_wotd point man: 1

    :point-and-click

  • FX: typo: 1

    :Point-blank

  • wwwords Point-blank: 2

    :pointed

  • FX: split infinitive: 1
  • Lawler amnt: "amn't": 1
  • Lawler hafta: Hafta and Other Modal Paraphrases: 1
  • Intro E: I before E except after C (based on notes by Mark Wainwright): 1

    :pointer

  • UCLE02: The history of ucle: 1
  • Announcement of creation of uk.culture.language.english: 1

    :pointers

  • FX: Books on Britishisms, Canadianisms, etc.: 1
  • Description of FAQ maintenance: 1
  • Intro B: Word lists: 1

    :pointing

  • FX: "mouses" vs "mice": 1
  • Lawler commas: Commas: 1

    :pointless

  • FX: "widget" (notes by William C. Waterhouse): 1
  • Lawler commas: >>> The facts of the matter are these:: 1
  • UCLE13: "Rearranging deck chairs: 1

    :points

  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • Richard Fontana audio files: 1
  • AUE Logo: Notes about the Totally Official AUE Logo: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • FX: "different to", "different than": 1
  • FX: "Enquiring minds want to know." (notes by James Kiso): 1
  • FX: "like" vs "such as": 1
  • FX: [Prefatory remarks]: 1
  • Lawler itsraining: You may have noticed the Sapir quotation in my .sig.: 1
  • Lawler l-sounds: English L sounds: 1
  • Intro B: Learning English as a Foreign Language: 1
  • Intro B: Sites on words and language:: 1
  • IPA I: Reading ASCII IPA: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 5

    :poisonous

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :Poitevin

  • Stephen Toogood's explanation of the paddle: 1

    :poke

  • RH_wotd pig in a poke: 1
  • EMorris: P : 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 2
  • FX: "bug"="defect": 1

    :poker

  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 2

    :Pokorny

  • FX: "fuck": 1

    :Poland

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1

    :Polar

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 6
  • Lawler eclectic: Global  There's a whole world out there...: 1
  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Polari

  • wwwords Polari: 2

    :polarity

  • Lawler Index: Negative-polarity items.: 1
  • Lawler Index: Negative polarity items, including Give a damn.: 1
  • Lawler Index: Humor among linguists.: 1
  • Lawler anymore: anymore: 2
  • Lawler canthelp: Can't Help (But) ...: 3
  • Lawler giveadamn: Give a Damn: 1
  • Lawler hadve: hadn't've: 1
  • Lawler modals: English Modals: 1
  • Lawler npi: Negative Polarity Items: 9
  • Lawler npi: Since you ask, here's a moderately complete list of polarity items,: 1
  • Lawler npislands: News Item: 2

    :Polaroid

  • FX: trademarks: 1

    :pole

  • Stephen Toogood's explanation of the paddle: 2
  • Common errors: P: 1
  • Lawler q-neg: Quantifier-Negative Semantics: 1
  • IPA I: Slashes or square brackets?: 1

    :Polecat

  • EMorris: P : 1

    :poles

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • awwy_S: 'Word With You' list for letter S: 3
  • Lawler canthelp: Can't Help (But) ...: 1

    :poli

  • FX: "kangaroo": 1

    :police

  • Garbl: P: 2
  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • FX: "cop": 1
  • FX: "There's a sucker born every minute": 2
  • Lawler vehicle: "vehicle": 1
  • UCLE12: News: 1
  • UCLE16: Hooligan: 1

    :policeman

  • awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 1
  • awwy_F: 'Word With You' list for letter F: 1
  • FX: "cop": 2

    :policemen

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_G: 'Word With You' list for letter G: 1
  • FX: "cop": 1

    :policy

  • wwwords Policy wonk: 1
  • wwwords Community marriage policy: 1
  • aue people (album1): 1
  • FX: "billion": a U.K. view: 1
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1
  • aue people (album1): 1

    :Policy wonk

  • wwwords Policy wonk: 1

    :policy-maker

  • Garbl: P: 1

    :polish

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

    :polished

  • FX: "posh": 1

    :polisher

  • awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 1

    :polite

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • Lawler equally: "equally" and comparatives: 1
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1
  • Intro A: Dealing with unwanted postings: 1
  • UCLE09: “It’s: 2

    :politeness

  • awwy_L: 'Word With You' list for letter L: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • FX: FOREIGNERS' FAQS: 1
  • FX: "tip": 1

    :political

  • Garbl: P: 2
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 2
  • awwy_W: 'Word With You' list for letter W: 1
  • Isles: BRITAIN/GREAT BRITAIN/UNITED KINGDOM &C: 1
  • Isles: ENGLAND.  The biggest and most populous of the four countries: 1
  • Isles: GREAT BRITAIN.  Used by cartographers to denote the biggest: 1
  • Isles: IRELAND.  As used by geographers, the second largest island: 1
  • Isles: NORTHERN IRELAND   This is not the place to go into: 2
  • FX: "Eskimo": 1
  • Lawler enghist: English Language History, with excursus on Technology: 5
  • Lawler indian: Indian English: 1
  • Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in a word. When I go: 2
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1
  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :politically

  • RH_wotd politically correct: 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • Isles: BRITAIN/GREAT BRITAIN/UNITED KINGDOM &C: 1
  • Isles: NORTHERN IRELAND   This is not the place to go into: 1
  • FX: Books on "bias-free"/"politically correct" language: 4
  • FX: "politically correct": 4
  • FX: Table of Contents: 2
  • FX: "to call a spade a spade": 2
  • Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 2
  • fast_faq_toc.html: 2
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1
  • Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 2
  • UCLE09: “It’s: 1

    :politically correct

  • RH_wotd politically correct: 1

    :politics

  • Garbl: P: 1
  • EMorris: P : 1
  • Isles: BRITAIN.  The informal name for the United: 1
  • Lawler lingmarks: Man's Reach Must Exceed his Grasp; or, What's a Metaphor?: 1

    :polka

  • RH_wotd polka; polka dot: 1
  • EMorris: P : 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1

    :polka;

  • RH_wotd polka; polka dot: 1

    :polka; polka dot

  • RH_wotd polka; polka dot: 1

    :poll

  • Common errors: P: 1
  • FX: How do you spell "e-mail"?: 1
  • FX: "You have another think coming": 1

    :pollen-baskets

  • FX: "the bee's knees": 1

    :Pollington

  • FX: sentences grammatical in both Old English and Modern English: 1
  • UCLE05: What’s: 1

    :Pollock

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :polloi

  • Common errors: H: 1
  • FX: Table of Contents: 1
  • FX: the the "hoi polloi" debate: 2
  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1
  • Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1
  • fast_faq_toc.html: 1
  • Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

    :pollution

  • wwwords Genetic pollution: 1

    :Polly

  • Yet to come: 1

    :Pollyanna

  • UCLE14: Literary characters who became: 1

    :polo

  • boink: 1

    :Polonius

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :Polski

  • FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

    :Poltroon

  • EMorris: P : 1

    :Polyamory

  • wwwords Polyamory: 2

    :Polychronic

  • wwwords Polychronic: 2

    :polycultural

  • Lawler eclectic: Fantasy and Science Fiction : 1

    :Polyhymnia

  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

    :polynomial

  • Resources: Miscellaneous, not language related : 1

    :polyptoton

  • FX: What is the language term for...?: 1

    :polysemy

  • FX: What is the language term for...?: 1

    :polysyllabic

  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1

    :polysyndeton

  • FX: What is the language term for...?: 1

    :Polytechnic

  • FX: When to use "the": 1

    :Pom

  • wwwords Pom: 2

    :pomme

  • UCLE09: Food: 1

    :pommes

  • UCLE09: Food: 2

    :Pommies

  • EMorris: P : 1

    :pomp

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :Pompeii

  • Lawler itsraining: I can't say _____ really means I can't say ___ in a word. When I go: 1
  • UCLE13: The Ides of March: 1

    :Pompey

  • FX: "The die is cast.": 1

    :pompom

  • Common errors: P: 1

    :pompon

  • Common errors: P: 1

    :pond

  • RH_wotd sliding pond: 1
  • big_apple_boink_2001.html: 1
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 1
  • summer_boink/big_apple_boink.html: 1
  • UCLE11: The: 1

    :ponder

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :ponderous

  • Lawler itsraining: "It" in "It's raining": 1

    :Pondian

  • summer: 1

    :Pongry

  • FX: words ending in "-gry": 1

    :pontificate

  • Lawler q-neg: Quantifier-Negative Semantics: 1

    :Pontius

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :Pony

  • EMorris: D : 1
  • EMorris: P : 1
  • UCLE14: Slang Names for British Currency: 1

    :Ponzi

  • RH_wotd Ponzi scheme: 1

    :Ponzi scheme

  • RH_wotd Ponzi scheme: 1

    :Poodling

  • EMorris: P : 1

    :pool

  • summer: 1

    :pool0967

  • Website Hits Logger: 16

    :pooling

  • awwy_E: 'Word With You' list for letter E: 1

    :Poop

  • EMorris: P : 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1

    :Poopcam

  • wwwords Poopcam: 2

    :poor

  • wwwords Information rich: 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
  • Resources: Audio references : 1
  • FX: "blue moon" (notes by Philip Hiscock): 1
  • FX: "canola": 1
  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1
  • Lawler academy: The Academy: 1
  • Lawler lingmarks: One can already, for instance, read the: 1
  • Lawler they: He, she, they?: 2
  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :poor-quality

  • What's new?: History of Changes at the AUE Web Site: 1

    :Poorer

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :poorly

  • UCLE13: Custer's last stand: 1

    :Pop

  • wwwords Pop goes the weasel: 1
  • wwwords Pop one's clogs: 1

    :Pop goes the weasel

  • wwwords Pop goes the weasel: 1

    :Pop one's clogs

  • wwwords Pop one's clogs: 1

    :Pop-up

  • wwwords Oxford Pop-up English Language Reference Shelf (CD-ROM review): 1

    :pope

  • FX: "paparazzo": 1
  • FX: split infinitive: 1
  • Lawler enghist: English Language History, with excursus on Technology: 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1
  • UCLE09: What: 1

    :Popeye

  • awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 1
  • awwy_V: 'Word With You' list for letter V: 1

    :Poplack

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :popped

  • UCLE09: “Pop: 1

    :Poppins

  • UCLE09: Literary: 1

    :poppycock

  • RH_wotd poppycock: 2
  • wwwords Poppycock: 2
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :pops

  • Lawler aluminum: Alumin(i)um: 1
  • Audio recording technique - Some suggestions: 4
  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :Popsicle

  • FX: trademarks: 1

    :Poptart

  • Lawler eclectic: Science  What you need in order to have Science Fiction: 1

    :popular

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 2
  • FX: "ebonics": 1
  • FX: "eighty-six"="nix": 1
  • FX: FOREIGNERS' FAQS: 2
  • FX: "hopefully", "thankfully": 1
  • FX: "Jingle Bells": 1
  • FX: "Let them eat cake!": 1
  • FX: "love"="zero": 1
  • FX: "sincere": 1
  • FX: "spoonerism": 1
  • FX: "the bee's knees": 1
  • FX: ", vs ,": 1
  • FX: What words are their own antonym?: 1
  • FX: Words whose spelling has influenced their pronunciation: 1
  • Lawler booklist: Beth Levin is a computational linguist at Northwestern University: 4
  • Lawler eclectic: Science  What you need in order to have Science Fiction: 1
  • Lawler indian: Indian English: 1
  • Lawler lingmarks: One can already, for instance, read the: 2
  • Lawler q-neg: Quantifier-Negative Semantics: 1
  • Lawler quote: "Quote, Unquote": 1
  • Intro A: Responding: 1
  • UCLE14: Eponymous London Shopkeepers: 1
  • UCLE09: “Pop: 1

    :popularity

  • FX: Gender-neutral pronouns: 1
  • FX: Postfix "not": 1
  • UCLE13: Waterloo: 1

    :popularize

  • FX: "push the envelope": 1
  • Intro C: "push the envelope": 1
  • UCLE14: Eponymous London Shopkeepers: 1

    :popularized

  • FX: "blue moon" (notes by Philip Hiscock): 1
  • FX: "copacetic": 1
  • FX: "fall off a turnip truck": 1
  • FX: "Illegitimis non carborundum": 1
  • FX: "in like Flynn": 1
  • FX: "O.K.": 1
  • Intro C: "O.K.": 1

    :popularly

  • FX: Dictionaries: 1
  • FX: What is "ghoti"? (notes by Jim Scobbie): 1
  • Lawler tense: >Past tenses:: 2
  • Subjunctive?: Subjunctive: 1

    :population

  • Isles: NORTHERN IRELAND   This is not the place to go into: 1
  • FX: Guidelines for posting: 1
  • Lawler spelling: So Much For Spelling Reform: 2
  • Lawler writing: Literacy: 2
  • Intro A: Guidelines for posting: 1

    :populations

  • Title: 1

    :populous

  • Lawler indian: Indian English: 1

    :porcine

  • UCLE11: The: 1

    :pore

  • Common errors: P: 1

    :pork

  • EMorris: P : 1
  • awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_H: 'Word With You' list for letter H: 2
  • awwy_I: 'Word With You' list for letter I: 1
  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 4
  • awwy_W: 'Word With You' list for letter W: 1
  • Lawler complmnt: Object Complements: 2
  • Lawler enghist: English Language History, with excursus on Technology: 1

    :porn

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • FX: Books on group names: 1

    :pornography

  • FX: Books on group names: 1

    :Pornpig

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :port

  • EMorris: P : 1
  • EMorris: S : 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • FX: "posh": 2
  • IPA II: A Quick Look:: 1
  • IPA I: A Quick Look:: 1
  • summer: 1

    :portable

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :portal

  • wwwords Voice portal: 1
  • wwwords Portal site: 1

    :Portal site

  • wwwords Portal site: 1

    :portcullus

  • The Totally Official Boink Home Page: 1

    :portend

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :Porter's

  • UCLE14: Literary characters who became: 1

    :Porter9

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :Portfolio

  • wwwords Portfolio career: 1
  • wwwords Portfolio: 2

    :Portfolio career

  • wwwords Portfolio career: 1

    :Portillista

  • wwwords Portillista: 2

    :portion

  • Garbl: P: 1
  • EMorris: Echo of Index to Articles at www.word-detective.com/backidx.html/n: 1
  • Richard Fontana audio files: 1
  • WWYou: This file has been adapted: 1
  • Isles: NORTHERN IRELAND   This is not the place to go into: 1

    :portly

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1

    :portmanteau

  • RH_wotd portmanteau word: 1
  • FX: "portmanteau word": 6
  • FX: Table of Contents: 1
  • Fast FAQ: Table of Contents: 1
  • fast_faq_toc.html: 1
  • Intro F: Intro F: AUE FAQ Contents: 1

    :portmanteau word

  • RH_wotd portmanteau word: 1

    :Portolan

  • wwwords Portolan: 2

    :portrait

  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :portraits

  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :portrayal

  • UCLE08: Britannia: Her history,: 1

    :portrayed

  • UCLE09: “It went pear-shaped”: 1

    :Portsmouth

  • UCLE12: News: 1

    :Portunus

  • awwy_P: 'Word With You' list for letter P: 1
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