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Old 03-14-2014, 08:55 PM   #13111
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.... I regularly use: Egad!, whilst, gobsmacked ...
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Old 03-14-2014, 09:05 PM   #13112
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whilst & while?
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Old 03-14-2014, 09:40 PM   #13113
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whilst & while?
That would be it.

To recap:

Shayne Parkinson - 5 points
pdurrant, Bookpossum & poohbear - 3 points
Bilbo, Stitchawl & orlok - 1 point

Still winnable by anyone at all. I'll wrap it up late morning Saturday, EDT.
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Old 03-14-2014, 09:52 PM   #13114
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got and gotten

We only use the latter these days in a phrase like ill-gotten gains.
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Old 03-14-2014, 11:10 PM   #13115
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What about:

got and gotten

We only use the latter these days in a phrase like ill-gotten gains.
I'd thought of this and decided not to allow variations in verb tenses, as it would admit all the constructions of the learnt(UK) v. learned(US) type. I'm sorry; I should have made that explicit also.
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Old 03-15-2014, 01:04 AM   #13116
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Old 03-15-2014, 01:09 AM   #13117
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Taking your cottage clue:

cosy and cozy
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Old 03-15-2014, 01:38 AM   #13118
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Jewellery does have an extra 'e' as well as that extra 'l'. But the quizmaster's decision is quite rightly final.
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Old 03-15-2014, 01:48 AM   #13119
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You got it. I was also cluing storey (as in one) which orlok got. There's one more there.
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Old 03-15-2014, 01:51 AM   #13120
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Jewellery does have an extra 'e' as well as that extra 'l'. But the quizmaster's decision is quite rightly final.
Jewellry would be too weird.
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Old 03-15-2014, 03:14 AM   #13121
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Just got the Big Three reference:

moustache and mustache
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Old 03-15-2014, 06:26 AM   #13122
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Yes! Keep 'em coming.

Edit: That is, you've got them backwards, but I know what you mean.
So they are. My only defence is that I had just returned from 6 hours of driving...

And that brought a possibility up - defence (UK) vs defense (US)?

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moustache and mustache
Well done! It was bugging the hell out of me.
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Old 03-15-2014, 06:39 AM   #13123
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Old 03-15-2014, 11:15 AM   #13124
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Just got the Big Three reference:

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And that brought a possibility up - defence (UK) vs defense (US)?
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licence (UK) and license (US)
The ence/ense variation was explicitly not permitted; I'm sorry.

The final tally:

Shayne Parkinson & Bookpossum - 5 points
pdurrant & poohbear - 3 points
Bilbo, Stitchawl & orlok - 1 point


Here are some others (US/UK):

curb/kerb (noun)
carburetor/carburettor
pajamas/pyjamas
practice/practise (verb)
skeptic/sceptic
specialty/speciality
annex/annexe (noun)
furor/furore
chili/chilli
ton/tonne

The ladies from the Antipodes have tied, so I'm giving Bookpossum extra credit for the Great War reference and the win (well, and because Shayne set the last quiz ).
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Old 03-15-2014, 02:47 PM   #13125
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Just got back to the board after a 12-hour power cut (big storm yesterday - clean-up today). Thanks for the fun quiz, Issy! And thoroughly deserved extra credit and victory for Bookpossum.
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