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| I am not certain who I am quoting... (in Potpourri) by BobHale Without going into specifics - because they are unnecessary - when I see 99% of the comments on the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Not perfect (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs you know I am a staunch defender of usage trumps everything but everyone has some bête noire that...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri So how do I send one of those? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleFrom the website of Britain's most popular talk radio station. "In text messages the disgraced te...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Trademarking the word “the” (in Potpourri) by shufitz...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Do women know how to curse? (in Wordplay) by shufitzThe greatest error ever erred Is a nice girl with a naughty word. For naughty words I hold no brie...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Nothing to do with language but (in Potpourri) by BobHaleam I the only one who thinks one of the most evil and reviled men in America, price gouger Martin Sh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Another peeve (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI don't know how many of you have heard about the British Government's cunning plan to turn immigrat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Parsing the Second Amendment (in The Written Word) by bethree5I’m one of the regular commenters on Diane Ravitch’s blog, where the discussions revolve around publ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Tigger warning (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI was going to post in my trigger warning thread the rather silly question "Does Winnie the Pooh com...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Caution: May contain trigger warnings (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI've just seen some posts complaining very stridently that a University gave a trigger warning to a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri All the thrills of Rhyl: Poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale1 There once was an old man from Rhyl Most thought to be over the hill In spite of his age He still ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay A Song For The Jubilee (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI'm sure anyone British who writes poems or songs will have had a go at something for the jubilee. I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word lie vs. lay (in The Written Word) by KallehWritten on a gravestone: Here Lies (NOT "Lays") Billee Woody Robbins Reed English Teacher June 3...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word The Tiffany problem (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI ran across this on a podcast I listen to - The Allusionist - and found it pretty interesting. The ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Zut alors! (in The Written Word) by Geoff...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word A Nazi comparison (in Potpourri) by BobHaleYou may know "Godwin's Law" which suggests that any discussion on the internet will eventually invol...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Science in headlines (again) (in The Written Word) by BobHaleYou probably know already what I think about science and maths reporting. (Hint: not much) so here's...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Phew! (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIn class this week I have been asking students to discuss what is the greatest invention ever and wa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Puzzled (in Potpourri) by BobHale"Ministers have reportedly been warned that modelling shows a reasonable worst case scenario of majo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Bad advice from TED (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI have just seen a post from IDEAS.TED.COM that gives advice to potential employers about the questi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Not the same meaning at all... (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI just saw a headline that said "Trump Campaign Refunds Millions To Mislead Donors". I suspect they ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word The next pandemic? (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI see that, like the UK, the USA has had some recent cases of the previously very rare monkey pox. I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Well, if you insist... Limerick Game Rhyl (in Wordplay) by BobHaleThe North Wales seaside town where I spent several terrible childhood holidays on Sunnyvale Holiday ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay COVID-19 words (in The Written Word) by KallehI thought you might be interested in some of these COVID-19 ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word NFTs (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI have just watched a couple of videos about NFTs. I understand the computer principles behind them ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A new language? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehThere was a very interesting article in the New Yorker; I hope you can access it. It is about a new...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Opinions. please. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleI’d like to ask for opinions about a question from a Chinese English exam paper that a colleague ask...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Orem Poll (in Wordplay) by Geoff1 City Councillors governing Orem Were unable to muster a quorum. And the Orders? They tried, But th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Entirely? Really? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleFrom an article I was reading about a small cut being made to Spider-Man when shown on TV... "Sex, v...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Something else from a Chinese exam (in Potpourri) by BobHaleRemember when I used to post things from Chinese exams? Well a good friend who is a Chinese English ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri And speaking of idioms... (in Potpourri) by BobHaleThis weeks lesson is all about idioms involving animals... raining cats and dogs monkeying around a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Resilience (in The Written Word) by KallehIn the nursing field we are hearing a lot of controversy about the word ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word The Apprentice (UK) is back! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleAnd it has its usual crop of seriously deluded, self-aggrandising competitors (which of course the s...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Limerick game: Orem (in Wordplay) by GeoffOrem is a town in Utah. This should be easier than Galina. PM me with your lims.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Word order (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI recently commented on FB on something a friend posted about COVID. We were discussing the victim b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Truncation Fail! (in Potpourri) by BobHaleMy hometown has introduced a new hygiene rating system for restaurants. One restaurant has been give...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A calque/borrowing I have always wondered about. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleA comment in another thread reminded me a a calque/borrowing/Anglicising (you will understand my con...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words coup de grâce (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehI guess my family and I have never known neither the definition or the pronunciation of ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Galena (in Wordplay) by KallehAs promised, the Galena limericks. Be lenient about the rhyming as I neglected to post how it is pr...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Hoping you can see these links (in Potpourri) by BobHaleHere's a very international puzzle for you. Why will my American friends be very unlikely to see ac...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri intellectual (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffIn both the quite dated book I recently read by philosopher Eric Hoffer and the recent US history bo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Cabbages (in Potpourri) by BobHaleListening to the A Way With Words podcast I was surprised to hear reference to something my Dad used...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Putin is CRAAAAAAAZY! (in Potpourri) by Geoff...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A talent for understatement (in Potpourri) by BobHaleRussia puts its nuclear forces into a state of high alert. How does Andrew Preston, a Cambridge his...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Missing double negative? (in The Written Word) by BobHaleThis statement is on the internet about the NYT acquisition of wordless:- “ The statement released b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word From a Quebec newspaper (in Wordplay) by GeoffCorrrection notice in a Quebec newspaper: Yesterday we incorrectly identified the president of Russi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay And the opposite of “plan” is... (in Potpourri) by BobHaleActually what is the opposite of plan? I ask because Boris’s “living with Covid” plan is to get rid ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Unintended Pun of the Day? (in Wordplay) by shufitzToday’s Wall Street Journal tells us of claims that “Prince Charles’s charity offered a Saudi nation...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay What about a little consistency? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleHere is a message just posted on a FB group in my home town. I wonder why half the plurals are ok wh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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