: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: Londons: 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: Its: 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: Its: 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: Whats: 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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