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Discussion Topic  RE: Idioms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Let me say firstly that I am aware of the transatlantic meaning of the expression "to knock up" (it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...All of these rhyme perfectly in my dialect..." And indeed sauce...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...CJ, Richard, I did separate the 2 "d" words and the 2 "t's" words..." Ah, the problems of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...P.S. Richard, you look quite spiffy!..." Just so long as I don't look squiffy!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Like Bob, I tend to dislike swearing. It is my contention that those who swear extensively often do ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Yet, are "metal" and "mettle" or "medal" and "meddle" considered to be homonymy words..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. There are many variations of the consonant "r". I didn't mean to suggest that there are only......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote " ...American English /r..." I can't be sure what is meant by this but I can say that the Ger......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...how is freude pronounced? One syllable, or two?..." Two. German is phonetic....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is (or is not) a "word"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I'm glad that's cleared up, then. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Whoopee! Fight the good fight! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Maybe in Cambridge. But in Oxford the meaning is still shown as it ever was. I intend to fight for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
We have had them for many years. The term was known even before the Beatles recorded a song about "R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The OED says that, in the UK at least, the use of "comprise" as a simile for "compose", "...is to be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I received a spam email which asked me to look at a site which had "all-new amatures" on it. As one ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: February 29th (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A leap year actually should occur only every 3 and twenty-four/twenty fifths years. As it can't we h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Having seen the magnificent efforts of those who have attacked the DD form (so much more challenging......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dr Seuss's cat (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I suspect that the writer was trying to ensure that there was no confusion between the pronoun US an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Maybe it’s déjà vu, but I’m sure we had a soupçon of interest in this topic recently when the word p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Egregious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Thank you, CJ. I appreciate your compliments. And how about: As you know, I'm a man from Connecti......
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