:be

  • wwwords As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb: 1

    :BE

  • Comments on a proposal for reformed English spelling: 26
  • Initialisms that have been used in AUE: 1
  • Lawler schwa: Schwa and Central Vowels: 1
  • UCLE12: News: 4

    :be-alls

  • FX: "the bee's knees": 1

    :Beach

  • wwwords Beach nourishment: 1
  • FX: What is the phone number of the Grammar Hotline?: 2

    :Beach nourishment

  • wwwords Beach nourishment: 1

    :Beacon

  • FX: Books on "bias-free"/"politically correct" language: 1

    :bead

  • Lawler vowels: There are at least 11 phonemically distinct vowels in : 1

    :beadle

  • RH_wotd beadle: 2

    :beads

  • FX: words ending in "-gry": 2

    :Beale

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • FX: "Bob's your uncle": 1
  • UCLE05: John Davies's commentary: 1

    :Beale's

  • UCLE05: John Davies's commentary: 1

    :beamish

  • UCLE10: British: 1

    :beans

  • RH_wotd spill the beans: 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: 1

    :bear

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  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 2
  • FX: "less" vs "fewer": 1
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  • FX: What will we call the next decade?: 1
  • Lawler complmnt: Object Complements: 1
  • Lawler extrapos: --- Followup -- > But note that both: 1
  • Lawler ross: Ross Constraints: 3
  • summer: 1

    :Bear up

  • wwwords Bear up: 1

    :beard

  • awwy_A: 'Word With You' list for letter A: 1
  • awwy_L: 'Word With You' list for letter L: 1
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  • FX: Books on "bias-free"/"politically correct" language: 1
  • FX: "to call a spade a spade": 1
  • boink: 1
  • Symposium I: The alt.usage.english London Symposium: 1

    :bearding

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1

    :bearer

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 1
  • FX: "Caesarean section": 1
  • Lawler indian: Indian English: 1

    :bearing

  • summer: 1

    :bearings

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1

    :bears

  • RH_wotd bears and bulls: 1
  • Wilton: Wilton's Etymology Page: 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 3
  • awwy_F: 'Word With You' list for letter F: 1
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  • awwy_T: 'Word With You' list for letter T: 2
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    :bears and bulls

  • RH_wotd bears and bulls: 1

    :beat

  • Unedited list of search results: 1
  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
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  • FX: "rule of thumb": 2
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    :beaten

  • Eggs: Ways to cook eggs: 1

    :beater

  • RH_wotd wife beater (shirt): 1

    :beating

  • FX: "rule of thumb": 1

    :Beatles

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • FX: Wicca: 1

    :beatniks

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1

    :beats

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  • awwy_C: 'Word With You' list for letter C: 1
  • awwy_F: 'Word With You' list for letter F: 1
  • awwy_H: 'Word With You' list for letter H: 1
  • FX: How did "Truly" become a personal name?: 1
  • UCLE11: The: 1

    :beau

  • awwy_B: 'Word With You' list for letter B: 1
  • FX: How to represent pronunciation in ASCII: 1
  • IPA I: o: 1
  • UCLE14: Eponymous London Shopkeepers: 2

    :Beauchemin

  • FX: "Eskimo": 1

    :beaut

  • IPA II: A Quick Look:: 1
  • IPA I: A Quick Look:: 1

    :beautiful

  • The Rainbow Passage: 1
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  • awwy_L: 'Word With You' list for letter L: 1
  • awwy_M: 'Word With You' list for letter M: 4
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    :beauty

  • Southern speaker's description of his speech: 1
  • FX: "push the envelope": 1
  • UCLE07: Some significant numbers from literature and literary criticism: 1

    :beaverboard

  • FX: trademarks: 1

    :became

  • Isles: THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.  : 1
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  • FX: "less" vs "fewer": 1
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    :because

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  • FX: "peter out": 1
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    :Beckett209

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :Beckman

  • Unedited list of search results: 1

    :Beckwith

  • Posting frequencies: Tabulation of user names with over 50 postings in the past four years: 1

    :become

  • I before E: Exceptions to the rule 'I before E except after C': 1
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  • Supplementary comments about deja.com: 1
  • FX: "billion": a U.K. view: 1
  • FX: "Caesarean section": 1
  • FX: "hopefully", "thankfully": 1
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  • UCLE02: The history of ucle: 1
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  • UCLE09: “It went pear-shaped”: 2
  • What's new?: History of Changes at the AUE Web Site: 1

    :becomes

  • FX: "Go figure": 1
  • FX: Words pronounced differently according to context: 2
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  • Lawler a-an: A or An Historical Novel?: 1
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  • Lawler they: >> That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these morphemes voiceless: 3
  • Lawler they: That is, the voicing assimilation that makes these : 1
  • UCLE03: Lindsay: 1

    :becoming

  • FX: "hopefully", "thankfully": 1
  • Lawler Commas: >>> The facts of the matter are these:: 1
  • Lawler extrapos: Extraposition, plus Selected Short Subjects: 1
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