Do you spit or swallow?

[Barbarossa]

I've never been a nail-biter, so yuck!

If you want calcium, go eat some chalk...

[Gripper]

Nail biting is a disgusting habit(used to bite me toe-nails,but had to give up due to middle age spread and athletes food)

[Jon L. Obscene]

@Manky ... Yes, you suggested that 'asking' was circumlocution. You then suggested that "How so?" was a periphrasis. A periphrasis is the use of circumlocution no?

So I'm asking you to explain why you think both "Asking" and "How so?" are circumlocution? and how would you have worded it?

Jonno

[DanB]

Nail biting is a disgusting habit(used to bite me toe-nails,but had to give up due to middle age spread and athletes food)

[Jon L. Obscene]

Athletes food? you mean like vitamins and red bull?

Jonno

[manker]

@Manky ... Yes, you suggested that 'asking' was circumlocution. You then suggested that "How so?" was a periphrasis. A periphrasis is the use of circumlocution no?

So I'm asking you to explain why you think both "Asking" and "How so?" are circumlocution? and how would you have worded it?

Jonno

I know what you're asking me. I'm saying that altho' circumlocution and periphrasis are similar, the times I used both were for separate incidents.

So I hadn't already suggested it.

[Gripper]

Athletes food? you mean like vitamins and red bull?

Jonno

OOps speeling misteak,gonna leave it 'cause it reads better

[Jon L. Obscene]

I know what you're asking me. I'm saying that altho' circumlocution and periphrasis are similar, the times I used both were for separate incidents.

So I hadn't already suggested it.

You still have yet to answer my question

Jonno

[manker]

I know what you're asking me. I'm saying that altho' circumlocution and periphrasis are similar, the times I used both were for separate incidents.

So I hadn't already suggested it.

You still have yet to answer my question

Jonno

I am well aware of that.

I deemed it wholly unnecessary to the flow of the topic - so it's not that I can't, just that I'm not going to

[Jon L. Obscene]

If you're not prepared to back up what you say you should'nt say it........thats what you lot keep telling me anyway.

Jonno