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EF: Oddities of English
Rudest Elf Started conversation Nov 14, 2010
Entry ID: A338825 (Edited)
1.
There are a few: radii, taxiing, etc.
2. But not 'bookkeeping'?
3. a word
4. there is a group
Also, there are many more that don't start with h,l or r. For example:
Rhyming reduplications: argy-bargy, arty-farty, boogie-woogie, bow-wow, chock-a-block, easy-peasy, eency-weency, fuddy-duddy, fuzzy-wuzzy, gang-bang, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, mumbo-jumbo, namby-pamby, nimbly-bimbly, nitty-gritty, okey-dokey, pall-mall, palsy-walsy, pee-wee, pell-mell, super-duper, teenie-weenie, teeny-weeny, tighty-whitey, willy-nilly, etc.
5.
But 'there' contains six words, including 're'.
6. There are no links at all in this Entry.
EF: Oddities of English
Rudest Elf Posted Nov 18, 2010
No one has picked this up yet. Perhaps, since there are so many oddities in the English language, a complete update is being considered? I imagine there'd be quite a response in Peer review.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Nov 18, 2010
The whole entry is a bit of a disaster. It's hard to know whether it is worth patching up.
EF: Oddities of English
Rudest Elf Posted Nov 18, 2010
But...but, it's a topic of interest to many, surely? In the right hands, it could be done with a fair amount of humour. There's bound to be someone out there with the skills to do it. They just need a little encouragement http://tinyurl.com/35laaxc
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Nov 18, 2010
It's beyond the remit of the Curators,
Perhaps a suggestion at AskH2G2 to see is someone is willing to update it?
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Nov 18, 2010
I did suggestion 3, but as GB says, the rest is not really curating work.
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