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Macmillan Dictionary on hedgehogHello Assad, thanks for your query. I'm afraid the dialogue writers are right and you're wrong: what the person respondi…
Assad on hedgehogDear sirs, would you please answer my question. My question is as follows: can it be possible in response of “ I love yo…
Stan Carey on Where does ‘OK’ come from?Interesting! I was an avid food-label reader at the table, growing up, but I don't remember anything so explicitly etymo…
Ali Fatehi on hedgehogabout "hedgehog" The Hedgehog is a pawn formation in chess.
Edward Vanderpump on Where does ‘OK’ come from?OK Sauce was usually on the table when I was growing up. Reading the label, with, as I remember, a couple of sources (ah…