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Yes.James Robinson wrote: Can Oliver make it 6 out of 6
Spoilers within spoilers?Kirk Bevins wrote:Yes.James Robinson wrote: Can Oliver make it 6 out of 6
My apologies, Niall. I actually didn't know they were your team.Niall Seymour wrote:Upset that you haven't mentioned that Huddersfield are going to stuff my team, Bristol Rovers tonight James.
You left a question mark in, James - oops.James Robinson wrote:Well, Oliver is now the #1 seed for at least the next week, but can he reach his 6th win today?
FECKERS getting into the dictionary soon makes sense, because FECK is already in ..but why would FOCKERS get in??James Robinson wrote:Still amazed that FECKERS/FOCKERS isn't in the dictionary though, well not yet anyway.
Not two Ns.Sue Sanders wrote:
CROONING for 8 in RACCOON round?
I work with pen and paper and have no problems at all. I do have a degree in copying though.Sue Sanders wrote:Did wonder if I'd made a mistake. That's the problem with working with pen and paper.
Oh? Toothcomb is quite a normal word I thought, i.e. the verb "to toothcomb" meaning to look meticulously.David Williams wrote:I know what a fine-tooth comb looks like, but I've never seen a toothcomb. Something to do with aggressive flossing? Quite surprised to see it's in the dictionary.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0 - 0 BRISTOL ROVERSJames Robinson wrote:My apologies, Niall. I actually didn't know they were your team.Niall Seymour wrote:Upset that you haven't mentioned that Huddersfield are going to stuff my team, Bristol Rovers tonight James.
P.S. 3-0 to the Terriers tonight, I'm fairly sure.
Ollie, how could you?Brian Moore wrote:
The point is that you would look meticulously with a comb with fine teeth - a fine-tooth comb. For some reason most people just get this wrong, and it's become a fine toothcomb. The word has found its way into common usage and even into the dictionary even though there's no such thing.Kirk Bevins wrote:Oh? Toothcomb is quite a normal word I thought, i.e. the verb "to toothcomb" meaning to look meticulously.David Williams wrote:I know what a fine-tooth comb looks like, but I've never seen a toothcomb. Something to do with aggressive flossing? Quite surprised to see it's in the dictionary.
OR MAYBE THERE IS?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!David Williams wrote:The point is that you would look meticulously with a comb with fine teeth - a fine-tooth comb. For some reason most people just get this wrong, and it's become a fine toothcomb. The word has found its way into common usage and even into the dictionary even though there's no such thing.
I really should do my research before I make pronouncements! Not sure how to use one for searching, and why only a fine one will do, but there you go.Michael Wallace wrote:OR MAYBE THERE IS?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!David Williams wrote:The point is that you would look meticulously with a comb with fine teeth - a fine-tooth comb. For some reason most people just get this wrong, and it's become a fine toothcomb. The word has found its way into common usage and even into the dictionary even though there's no such thing.
That sense of toothcomb hasn't made it into the ODE. My copy has the fine toothcomb definition only, with the fine-tooth comb derivation explained beneath.David Williams wrote:I really should do my research before I make pronouncements! Not sure how to use one for searching, and why only a fine one will do, but there you go.Michael Wallace wrote:OR MAYBE THERE IS?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!David Williams wrote:The point is that you would look meticulously with a comb with fine teeth - a fine-tooth comb. For some reason most people just get this wrong, and it's become a fine toothcomb. The word has found its way into common usage and even into the dictionary even though there's no such thing.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Still, thought it was pretty cool.Martin Bishop wrote:That sense of toothcomb hasn't made it into the ODE. My copy has the fine toothcomb definition only, with the fine-tooth comb derivation explained beneath.
C. J. Rose wrote:Mr Brian Leedham says that "fine tooth comb" should be a "fine-toothed comb". Not so. The word "toothcomb" has a long and respectable history. The word presumably indicates the difference between a comb with teeth and other sorts of comb, such as a currycomb or possibly a cock's-comb. "Fine toothcomb" is therefore perfectly acceptable.
We?Charlie Reams wrote:Seems we've captured the zeitgeist once again; from the current Private Eye:
C. J. Rose wrote:Mr Brian Leedham says that "fine tooth comb" should be a "fine-toothed comb". Not so. The word "toothcomb" has a long and respectable history. The word presumably indicates the difference between a comb with teeth and other sorts of comb, such as a currycomb or possibly a cock's-comb. "Fine toothcomb" is therefore perfectly acceptable.
