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| Burg or boro? (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen What thing that does puzzle me a little about US place names is the pronunciation of Pittsburgh- i.e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Why use one word... (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenAh, I see! The link was to a Californian newspaper so I assumed it to be US in origin.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Why use one word... (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenI was a member of a scale modelling society in which the Committee has sadly been infected by charac...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Why use one word... (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenCurious. An American cartoon in which a character says "Trip to the loo". Is 'loo' in common usage i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Och Aye the Woof! (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenSome dogs also seem to have a liking for lamp posts and, unfortunately, my right leg on occasion...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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7 Wonders of the World (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Och Aye the Woof! (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenOn reflection I'm not too surprised. The dog thinks it's still a wolf- still has a pack mentality- a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Och Aye the Woof! (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenIn the paper on Monday was an article which had it been on April 1st I would have taken with a (larg...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Collective Terms. (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenAha! Yes, you're right I missed that one- some good ones there!... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Collective Terms. (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenThere's various collective terms for things e.g. a troop of monkeys, a murder of crows, etc. Anyone ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Old-fashioned Euphemisms (in Wordplay) by Erik JohansenMore euphenisms for going to the bog: "I'm off to check the plumbing" "I'm gonna go and splash my bo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Why oh Y? (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenIt's also not to unusual if you've been named 'Dave' to be called 'Daisy' or maybe 'Dazy' around my ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Why oh Y? (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Banished words (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenLike a few of my compatriots I have quite contradictory views of the Royal Family. I essentially be...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Why oh Y? (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenIt was perhaps a bit if a daft question! I was more puzzled as to why the ie or y sound was adopted ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Delay no more: We burn your financial ledgers (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenI read years ago that cat in Chinese sounded like 'meow'! I suspect it's total cobblers but is it?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Why oh Y? (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenWhy do we tend to add y or ie to names e.g.Johnny, Freddie, etc. or to slang terms for things- wheel...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Banished words (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenI've never particularly liked 'The Queen's English' as an expression either, partially because I hav...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Old Dialects. (in Potpourri) by Erik JohansenAs arnie says we use curb as in 'curb your enthusiasm' but kerb for the edge of the pavement- 'sidew...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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