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"In this confusing language of ours noisome doesn't mean `noisy,' meretricious is anything but meritorious, penultimate is less ultimate than ultimate , but invaluable is more valuable than valuable ." | "In our confusing language noisome isn't `noisy' meretricious isn't meritorious, penultimate is less than ultimate, but invaluable is invaluable." | 6 |
"One more thing before we get to our tale of rabbinical woe: the winning answer to the recent contest question ""How much Turtle Wax comprises a year's supply of Turtle Wax?""" | One more thing before we get to our tale, the winning answer to the recent question: How much Turtle Wax makes a year's supply? | 6 |
"Sovereign and guinea coins have been called bleeders, Jemmy O'Goblins, glisteners, Janes, harlequins, jingleboys, yellow boys, red rogues, megs, shiners, rainbows , and thick 'uns." | "Sovereign and guinea coins have been called many things including bleeders, glisteners, Janes, harlequins, yellow boys, and thick 'uns." | 6 |
"The language of the Beatles, what they said, what they wrote about, and first of all what they called themselves, is an important part of Western culture." | The Beatles' language, what they said, wrote about, and called themselves is an important part of Western culture. | 6 |
"New hardware or software, which the marketers have trumpeted as leading-edge technology , is called bleeding-edge technology by those who have experienced the many problems accompanying new products." | New hardware or software is called bleeding-edge technology by those who have experienced the many problems accompanying new products. | 6 |
"A congressional staffer tells the Wall Street Journal ""Tax Report"" he has to speak off the record because ""I get in a lot of trouble if I'm quoted, especially if the quotes are accurate.""" | "A congressional staffer says he has to speak off the record because ""I get in a lot of trouble if I'm quoted, especially if its accurate.""" | 6 |
1. A male individual; one with some minimal identity; a bloke; a joe; faintly noticeable: The savvy little fxxxer managed to con the medics into a Section 8. [`unfitness disharge'] | 1. A male individual; faintly noticeable: The savvy little fxxxer managed to con the medics into a Section 8. | 6 |
"About a million of these electronic cards feature an interfaith greeting, mostly Judeo-Christian holiday cheer--Santa in a yarmulke, a reindeer with menorah antlers, that sort of nonsense." | "About a million of these electronic cards feature an interfaith greeting -- a reindeer with menorah antlers, that sort of nonsense." | 6 |
"I suppose that is English, but it is certainly anacoluthic, obscure, and viciously punctuated (after the British style, which can be destructive to both sense and grammar)." | "That is English, but it is certainly anacoluthic, obscure, and viciously punctuated (after the destructive British style)." | 6 |
"Plus, you toss in a little punctuation, and some consecutive entries read like excerpts from Starr's Ouija board, or last year's Times :" | Some consecutive entries read like excerpts from Starr's Ouija board, or last year's Times. | 6 |
"Transportation engineers fearfully refer to gradually going faster and faster on the highway, flouting the speed limit, as ""speed creep,"" and it is, well, accelerating." | Transportation engineers refer to gradually going faster and faster on the highway as "speed creep," and it is accelerating. | 6 |
"Meanwhile, media outlets and well-established polling entities such as the Gallup Organization say they are staying away from Internet polling--for now." | "Meanwhile, media and other polling entities say they are staying away from Internet polling--for now." | 6 |
(a) Air impurities (g) Evaporation (k) Piezometry (b) Baculometry (in air) (l) Salt crystals (c) Bones (h) Goniometry (m) Volume/ (d) Chronoscopy (i) Horometry Dimensions of (e) Cryometry (j) Hypsometry a solid (f) Electric currents | Air impurities, Evaporation, Piezmotery, Baculometry, Salt Crystals, Bones, Goniometry, Volume, Chronoscopy, Horometry Dimensions, Cryometry, Hypsometry, Electric currents | 7 |
"In the names of America and England the second element is not part of the transliteration but the Chinese word for, respectively, continent and country." | "The second element is not part of the transliteration but the Chinese word for continent and country." | 11 |
"So, the next time comment is made about all those words that fill up (and are omitted from) the English dictionaries, remember the nightjar and the drunk , here and abroad." | So, whenever there is talk of mistakes in the English dictionary, remember the nightjar and the drunk, here and abroad. | 6 |
Male readers will know what cat's hair is (or was--older men remembering it from long ago) down on the face of youths before the beard grows. | Male readers will recall "cat's hair" referring to the down on the face of youths before the beard grows. | 6 |
"[Reference throughout this essay is to The Diary of Samuel Pepys , edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1970." | "The Diary of Samuel Pepys," edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews, University of California Press, 1970. | 6 |
"Robb Wilton, that acclaimed and dearly-loved British comedian of the thirties and forties, introduced one of his best wartime monologues with the classic first lines," | Robb Wilton, British comedian of the 30s-40s, started one wartime monologue with the classic lines, " | 6 |
"Wallingford (Oxfordshire) does not refer to a ford by an old fortification (Latin vallum ) but means ford of Wealth's people, again from a personal name." | "Wallingford does not refer to a ford by an old fortification (Latin vallum ) but means ford of Wealth's people." | 6 |
"Which of the following are from recent New York Times articles and which are a clever ruse, like those cardboard tanks the English built in World War II to trick Germans looking for plywood tanks?" | Can you tell whether the following are from the New York Times articles or a clever ruse, similar to the faux tanks from WWII Britain? | 6 |
"You obviously have Prudie confused with some other columnist, but just so it shouldn't be wasted bandwidth, by all means wear any shoes, ties, shirts and belts that don't clash with the suit." | "You obviously have Prudie confused with some other columnist, by all means wear any accessories that don't clash with the suit." | 6 |
"Some other anagram flags are broken, strange, unorthodox, maybe, kind of , and a source of . There are dozens of them, and new ones are being concocted every day." | Some other anagram flags are broken. There are dozens of them, with new ones everyday. | 6 |
"Would MPs, and others, consider making a small donation to this association every time they use the term level playing field as a figure of speech?" | MPs and others should consider making a donation every time they use the term level playing field. | 6 |
"The advent of the digital computer , after the war, necessitated the modifying of the old term by the backword, analog , to distinguish it from the new digital computer." | The digital computer necessitated the modifying of the old term analog to distinguish it from the new digital computer. | 6 |
"Reponses will run Thursday and be forwarded to contest officials for a shot at the big prize, a one-month free pass on the MARC, but no one will be forced to ride the MARC to Washington." | "Reponses will run Thursday and be sent to officials for the big prize, a pass on the MARC, but no one will be forced to ride the MARC." | 6 |
"Only the NYT story includes this reflection on the impeachment verdict, shared by the president during his news conference on Kosovo: ""I think the Constitution has been, in effect, re-ratified.""" | "Only NYT includes this impeachment verdict quote shared by the president during his Kosovo news conference: "The Constitution has been re-ratified." | 6 |
"Russia Wins Right To Use the Terms 'Playboy,' 'Playmate,' and 'Playboy Playmate of the Year 1981' To Promote Their Web Site""-- Emily Pugh" | "Russia Wins Right To Terms 'Playboy,' 'Playmate,' and 'Playmate of the Year 1981' To Promote Website." | 6 |
"Tokyo completes the list in ascending order of the world's five largest metropolitan areas, coming in with more than 28 million people." | Tokyo is the world's fifth largest metropolitan area with 28 million people. | 6 |
"For me the most interesting thing about Charles Lewis' table is that although I assume it works for his London English, it does not quite work for my standard American English." | "It is most interesting that, although Charles Lewis' table works for his London English, it does not work for my American English." | 6 |
Swimsuit season will soon be upon us and once again Glamour will be hosting its annual Swimsuit Try-On January 11th & 12th. | Swimsuit season is soon and Glamour will be hosting its Swimsuit Try-On January 11th & 12th. | 6 |
"Professor Spevack lists that final blend word under Communication (subgroup Pseudo foreign), along with 36 other tongue-twisters, among them, oscorbidulchos and kerelybonto." | Spevack lists the final blend word under Communication, and 36 tongue-twisters including oscorbidulchos and kerelybonto. | 6 |
"What I am getting at are titles with skew spellings, rogue punctuation, and “weird and wonderful” names and words that are difficult to relate to anything meaningful." | What I'm getting at are titles with skew spellings, rogue punctuation, and names and words that are difficult to relate to. | 6 |
"The good news for Gore is that more Web surfers were looking for his name than Bradley's, by a factor of 57 percent (793 surfers) to 43 percent (597)." | "The good news for Gore is that more Web surfers were looking for his name than Bradley's, by 57% to 43%." | 6 |
"Another of dad's embarrassing failures might cause me to slip back into the alcoholic fog that marred my childhood, had any such fog actually existed, which it did not." | "One of dad's embarrassing failures may make me slip back into the alcoholic fog from my childhood - although no fog existed. | 6 |
The enormous convenience of the OED2e on CD is unmatched by any other CD in my files: I use it almost daily with refreshed delight and wonder. | The convenience of the OED2 on CD is unmatched by other CDs in my files: I use it daily with delight. | 6 |
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. | Goodness and mercy shall always follow me and I will be with the Lord forever. | 6 |
"By the way, an administration official tells the NYT that he's happy if the proposal helps Clinton on the impeachment front, ""but that's not the rationale for it.""" | An administration official says that he's happy if it helps Clinton defend himself, "but that's not the rationale for it." | 6 |
Here's Bradley complaining to Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert about Gore's insinuation that he might raise the eligibility age for Social Security. | Here's Bradley complaining to Meet the Press moderator Time Russert about Gore's Social Security insinuations. | 6 |
"The foregoing is not very important, but it does show what can happen when a person keen on words is let loose." | The foregoing shows what can happen when a person keen on words is let loose. | 6 |
"Participants were invited to devise mass-mailed corporate Christmas cards, and a few people managed to keep off the eggnog long enough to do just that, and delightfully so." | People layed off the eggnog long enough to devise mass mailed Christmas cards. | 6 |
"You give the lead, I give the headline from Wednesday's London Mirror : ""HE'S HUGE, HE'S POWERFUL, HE'S FAST AND HE'S MEAN""" | Wednesday’s London Mirror’s headline: "HE'S HUGE, HE'S POWERFUL, HE'S FAST AND HE'S MEAN” | 6 |
"clover mill - In a history of Emmitbury, Md., James Hellman wrote, “The Hartman mill was built by Dr. Robert Annan [1765-1827] for a clover mill afterwards converted into a grist.”" | "In a history of Emmitbury, Md., Hellman wrote, “The Hartman mill was built by Dr. Annan for a clover mill." | 6 |
"2. At heliotrope , some might miss the point without the information that Apollo was the Greek god of the sun." | "2. At heliotrope, many miss the point that Apollo was the Greek god of the sun." | 6 |
"Reponses will run Thursday and be forwarded to Amtrak for a shot at the big prize, a one-month free pass on the MARC." | The Amtrak contest, for a one-month free MARC pass, will run until Thursday. | 6 |
"Until curators and critics manage to convince the great unwashed that beauty and skill are irrelevant (or even antagonistic) to art, we will have these contretemps every year or two." | Until critics convince the great unwashed that beauty and skill are irrelevant to art, we'll have these contretemps every year or two. | 6 |
"Those who accept the rationale behind teaching foreigners to learn English using a restricted vocabulary should be delighted with this dictionary, especially with the many ancillary features it offers." | "Those who accept the rationale behind teaching foreigners to learn English using a restricted vocabulary should be delighted with this dictionary." | 6 |
"In the ninety-two entries under the subgroups Decay and Sickness we find further echoes of Hamlet: blast, carrion, foul, mildew, peak, rank, gross, rotten, unweeded, thought-sick." | "In the 92 entries under the subgroups Decay and Sickness we find further echoes of Hamlet: blast, carrion, foul, mildew, etc." | 6 |
"Which of the following is a line of description from the current Toys ""R"" Us catalog, and which is from the Good Vibrations catalog of adult erotic toys?" | "Which is a line from the Toys ""R"" Us catalog, and which is from the Good Vibrations catalog of adult erotic toys?" | 6 |
"Many names point to the appearance, customs, staple diet, occupation, possessions or stamping ground of a tribe, as in the following:" | Many names describe various attributes of a tribe, including customs or diet, as in the following: | 6 |
"Any benefit from the procedures and precautions associated with the phrase, ""in the event of a water landing"" are, at this point, purely theoretical." | Benefits from the precaution associated with phrase "in the event of a water landing" are purely theoretical. | 6 |
"A poor man named John Cordeaux was brazen enough to suggest [May 27, 1893] that stoat is from the Anglo-Saxon steort , a tail." | John Cordeaux suggested [May 27, 1893] that stoat is from the Anglo-Saxon steort. | 6 |
Answer that one truthfully and you'd have got a clip round the ear for your honesty--otherwise known as sarcasm until you're an adult. | Answer truthfully and you'll get a clip around your ear for your honesty-otherwise known as sarcasm. | 6 |
"I get the sense of a magnificent, Ronald Reagan-like intellect absorbing the best ideas of a generation while remaining optimistic and inclusive, Jackson said." | I get the sense of a Ronald Reagan-like intellect absorbing the best ideas of a generation, Jackson said. | 6 |
"7. ""I should send an assistant out to buy me one of those dictionary things and then get someone to look up 'dilemma' for me.""" | I should send an assistant to buy me a dictionary and look up 'dilemma' for me. | 6 |
"A woman gave birth to two of her triplets a month after delivering the third, a rare occurrence, physicians said Thursday." | "A woman gave birth to two of her triplets a month after the third, which is rare." | 6 |
All the majors lead with the last day of the White House's defense in the Senate and lavish most of their attention on the concluding speech given by former Arkansas senator Dale Bumpers. | All the majors lead with the last day of the White House's defense and give most of their attention to the ending speech by Dale Bumpers. | 6 |
"Here is a guy who graduated Magna Cum Laude in history, the greatest basketball player in the Ivy Colleges, Rhodes Scholar, probably a governor of Missouri someday-and all with a 485 verbal SAT!" | "Here is a guy who graduated Magna Cum Laude, Rhodes Scholar, probably a governor of Missouri someday, all with a 485 verbal SAT!" | 6 |
"A front-page Wall Street Journal feature reports that one of the fastest growing job categories in the country is fitness trainer, whose ranks have doubled this decade, to 100,000." | "A front-page Wall Street Journal feature reports that one of the fastest growing jobs is fitness trainer, whose ranks doubled." | 6 |
"Clichés in writing are another matter; depending on the style striven for, they might conceivably serve a function; as with everything else, overdoing them can create a long-winded, boring experience." | "Clichés in writing are another matter; depending on the style, they might serve a function; but, overdoing them can create a boring experience." | 6 |
"Me with a serious smile on a bench in Philadelphia, while Wolfgang cavorts in the foreground with Helga--photos to confirm glimpses of being that conform" | "Me smiling seriously on a bench in Philadelphia, while Wolfgang's in the foreground with Helga." | 6 |
"In sum, there is a wealth of information succinctly presented in the pages of LPD which learners, linguists, and lexicographers will be mining for many years to come, including the pronunciation of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch ." | "There's a wealth of information in the LPD which learners, linguists, and lexicographers will mine, including how to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch." | 6 |
"I don't often pick up a scientific paper and find myself getting chills, as I did when I saw this whole chromosomal landscape ." | "I don't pick up a scientific paper and get chills, like with this whole chromosomal landscape." | 6 |
"My novels, in contrast, explore the mysteries behind love and hate, the darkly amusing, deeply disturbing and ultimately unanswerable questions that they inspire." | My novels explore the unanswerable and disturbing question that the mystery of love and hate inspire. | 6 |
Everybody leads with Monica Lewinsky's meeting yesterday with three of the Republican congressmen who are making the case against President Clinton in the Senate. | Everyone leads with Monica Lewinsky's meeting with three Republican congressmen making the case against President Clinton. | 6 |
"More than half-a-century ago a book written by the Canadian scholar, Richard Albert Wilson (1874-1949), stimulated Bernard Shaw to write what was probably his major sally into alphabet reform." | A book by Canadian scholar, Richard Albert Wilson, stimulated Bernard Shaw to write his major sally into alphabet reform. | 6 |
"I could find no useful index: though there is a list of file names, they are numerical and offer no clue as to their contents." | "I could find no useful index. There is a list of file names, but they are numerical." | 6 |
" 'I'd like to see him do a video in Harlem dancing with youngsters in caps and a grunge look,' says Shashi Gopal, managing director of Magnasound India Ltd. (Thanks to Tim Carvell.)" | "I want him to make a video dancing in Harlem with youngsters" says Shashi Gopal, the managing director of Magnasound India Ltd. | 6 |
Perhaps one of our readers steeped in legal lore would care to comment on whether there is a legal distinction between these terms or whether the distinction resides solely in the minds of lay speakers. | Perhaps a reader more informed can determine whether a legal distinction between these terms exists. | 6 |
"And a Tok Pisin version of Little Red Riding Hood, told me some years ago by an old China Sea sailor, remains to this day one of the most hilarious monologues I have ever heard." | A Tok Pisin version of Little Red Riding Hood remains to this day one of the most hilarious monologues I have ever heard. | 6 |
"Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me." | Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for Thou art with me. | 6 |
"Simply by swapping subjects and objects from a pair of actual headlines, you can eliminate the bad news that fills our front pages, and create a happier world, as in these examples using headlines from Excite.com:" | Simply by swapping subjects and objects from headlines, you can eliminate the bad news that fills our front pages, as in these headlines from Excite.com. | 6 |
"According to both Reuters and the Economist , Argentina has rejected an appeal from exiled Paraguayan coup leader Lino Oviedo to delay his banishment to Tierra del Fuego until his hair transplant can take hold." | Reuters and the Economist say Argentina has rejected an appeal from Paraguayan coup leader Lino Oviedo to delay his banishment to Tierra del Fuego. | 6 |
"Och, he intoned with Bren-gun rapidity, He's jeest a nyatterin' wee nyaff wi' a skelly cacke'e an' a manky, broony-kinna gansey." | "Och, he intoned, He's jeest a nyatterin' wee nyaff wi' a manky, broony-kinna gansey." | 6 |
The bookies entered into the spirit of things by jokingly offering 500-to-1 odds against the PM's wife's fourth child being named Ken and being born on his father's birthday. | The bookies jokingly offered 500-to-1 odds against the PM's wife's fourth child being named Ken and sharing his dad's birthday. | 6 |
"Throughout, Bailey properly maintains the clinical view of the scholarly observer, and I could find little evidence, even in the selection of extracts, indicating where his personal preferences lie." | Throughout, Bailey properly maintains the clinical view of the scholarly observer. He keeps any personal preferences he may have well hidden. | 6 |
"proposals on hand, is still working on rule-making with regard to the use of lite/light as a label for malt beverages, wines, and spirits." | Rule-making on the use of lite/light as labels for alchohol are on hand. | 6 |
"3. Dr. C. Everett Koop: Not a candidate, but always a front-runner in the nation's heart, a part of the body for which he can suggest effective (and surprisingly affordable) treatments." | "Dr. C. Everett Koop: Not a candidate, a front-runner in the nation's heart, for which he can suggest effective (& affordable) treatments." | 6 |
"TIMOTHY: To be honest, a lot of the films recommended by the critics make me feel more like a voyeur than a spectator --" | TIMOTHY: A lot of films recommended by critics make me feel like a voyeur, not a spectator. | 6 |
A few common examples of the sort of misunderstandings that cropped up repeatedly in the examination room show how wide the gulf could be between the patient and the general practitioner: | A few examples of the misunderstandings that came up in the exam room show how wide the gulf is between the patient and the practitioner. | 6 |
words = terms (synonym) perverse = flag for anagram anagram of `terms' = MSTER the first person = ADAM without = outside (!) ADAM outside MSTER = AMSTERDAM | words = terms perverse = flag for anagram of terms = (!) ADAM outside MSTER = AMSTERDAM | 6 |
"Since bastard (the only equivalent male counterpart to whore ) is listed rather benignly under the heading, Family, we find under rogue (the sole alternative to bastard ) sixty-eight equivalents, including drumble, scroyle, and varletto." | Since bastard is listed rather benignly under the heading, Family, we find under rogue sixty-eight equivalents, including drumble, scroyle, and varletto | 7 |
You and I know George Bush is the only man who can and should keep the reigns of Presidency in 1992. | George Bush is the only man who can keep the reigns of Presidency in 1992. | 6 |
Comments like “The cuckoo was so named for the one-note song it repeats over and over” came from someone who has never heard the bird's disyllabic call. | Comments like “The cuckoo is named for the one-note song it repeats” came from someone who never heard the call. | 6 |
(a) Astrology (e) Fire and (i) Ophiomancy (b) Cleidomancy smoke (j) Pebbles (c) Dice/Knuckle- (f) Footprints (k) Selenomancy bones (g) Myomancy (l) Tyromancy (d) Excrement (h) Onychomancy | Astrology, Cleidomancy smoke, Dice/Knuckle, Excrement, Fire, Footprints, Myomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Pebbles, Selenomancy, Tyromancy | 7 |
"As the Gersh Kuntzman mentioned in today's ""Breakfast Table"" on the tabloids, I feel I must object to the glowing review Tim Carvell gave me (I believe he called it ""the magic of Gersh Kuntzman"")." | "As Kuntzman mentioned in today's ""Breakfast Table"", I feel I must object to the glowing review Tim Carvell gave me." | 6 |
"smork, n . the nickname given to one or more Caucasian prisoners who were slowly burned to death--and possibly eaten--by Negro prisoners during a riot." | "smork, n. the nickname given to Caucasian prisoners who were burned to death by Negro prisoners during a riot." | 6 |
"We found the number of people who knew—or know—about VERBATIM to be astonishing: in Europe, among ordinary people interested in language, among linguists, among scholars in general, most knew of it; alas, they didn't subscribe." | "We found an astonishing number of people who knew about VERBATIM: in Europe, among ordinary people and scholars alike, most knew of it; alas, they didn't subscribe." | 6 |
"If you want to solve mysteries, turn instead to the conclusion of the X-Files two-part conspiracy series (Fox, Sunday , 9 p.m.) when the Cigarette Smoking Man finally explains (almost) all." | Turn to the X-Files two-part conspiracy series (Fox, Sunday , 9 p.m.) when the Cigarette Smoking Man finally explains all. | 6 |
"Having heard about this strange case of linguistic behavior, I visited the good doctor in his office and conducted an interview." | "After hearing about this strange linguistic behavior, I interviewed the doctor in his office." | 6 |
(Lewinsky Testifies Against Tripp in Wiretap Case) + (Canadian PM Says Quebec Leader Creating Fake Crisis) = Lewinsky Testifies Against Tripp Creating Fake Crisis-- Marc Germain | Lewinsky Testifies Against Tripp + Leader Creating Fake Crisis = Lewinsky Testifies Against Tripp Creating Fake Crisis-- Marc Germain | 6 |
"If media giant Rupert Murdoch does choose to dine on human flesh, there are no kosher dietary laws that need deter him: Murdoch is not Jewish." | Robert Murdoch is not Jewish, so no kosher dietary laws deter him from dining on human flesh. | 6 |
"It's me waterworks, doctor, a patient suffering from some disorder of the urinary tract would complain to an uncomprehending physician who thought he had been mistaken for a plumber." | "It's the waterworks," a patient with a urinary tract disorder would say to a doctor who thought he had been mistaken for a plumber. | 6 |
"In part to accommodate older people, federal standards now mandate that new ones be 6 inches tall--2 inches taller than the old ones." | In part to accommodate older people, federal standards now mandate that new ones be 6 inches tall. | 6 |
"On Oct. 1, at Epcot Center in Orlando, Fla., Disney will open Millennium Village, featuring the company's patented phony-baloney cheerful view of all the little countries of the world." | At Epcot Center on Oct. 1, Disney will open Millennium Village, featuring the company's view of all the little countries of the world. | 6 |
"bilge ( n .) A variant of bulge . Simmon's American Cookery tells us, “Eggs put them into water, if they lye on their bilge, they are good and fresh.”" | "American Cookery says if eggs are put in water and they lie on their bilge (or bulge), they are good and fresh.” | 6 |
"I have heard Sydney's counterpart to the Globe referred to as the Australian , and, earlier this year, on International Women's Day , Edinburgh's The Scotsman changed its masthead to The Scotswoman for the day." | Sydney's counterpart to the Globe is the Australian; earlier this year on International Women's Day, Edinburgh's The Scotsman became The Scotswoman. | 6 |
"But this, of course, is not Southwest's fault, except insofar as Southwest makes its seats so cheap that even drunken assholes can fly across this great country of ours." | "But this is not Southwest's fault, except Southwest makes its seats so cheap that even drunken assholes can fly." | 6 |
"Baby is still often used in endearing address, as slang chiefly in the US, for a young woman or girl friend, as in (sugar) baby, babe ." | In the US, baby is still used as an endearing address for a young woman or girlfriend. | 6 |
"[I]n our attempt to provide direction on how to control and mitigate damages, it appears we neglected to empathize with the fact that orchestrating such efforts may have been difficult for you." | In our attempt to provide direction on controlling and mitigating damages, we neglected to empathize that such efforts may have been difficult. | 6 |
"pistols leather riding gloves sold in the prison commissary, sometime worn during prison fist fights in order to scar an opponent's face." | Pistols leather riding gloves are sometimes worn during prison fights to mar an opponent's face. | 6 |
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