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Word for Word is back to look at the origins
of unusual words and phrases, plus report
on intelligent and spirited discussions on language.
We'll take questions, hoping that we won't
get overloaded again (the traffic was too much for us last time).
You can lodge questions here.
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list of articles or run a search.
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