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Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English I would assume so - although I'm surprised that London was not the first recipient, considering how ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn fact, the first ever traffic light (not automatic) was installed in London in the 19th Century. I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishYou know, silly things like bits of jewellery, ornaments, flowers, perfume. All the kinds of things ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishInteresting - although the first traffic lights were installed in London, England - not Cleveland. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishIn fact, although Edison's orginal phonograph used a tinfoil cylinder this was experimental and very...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMy wife is the gardener of the partnership and needed a further supply for the flower beds. And I am...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishThe story, as I heard it, was that a certain car manufacturer gave away a free record with each new ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIn fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMy wife asked me for a bag of compost, so I got her one. However, as I am a graduate from the advanc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishLimerick is, indeed, in Ireland. The origin of the limerick is uncertain, but one theory is that it ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAccording to author Allan Pease (Why men don't listen and momen can't read maps), the way in which m...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishWas that the record that was given free with every new Oldsmobile? Or am I thinking of a different o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishI didn't realise that the French used the Limerick form; I had always assumed that its verbal eccent...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI'm glad about that since, as all style books agree, there is no difference between UK and US use. T...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishHaving checked the site referred to I find the matter resolved. The quotation CJ made was incomplet...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishSorry, no deal. Extended to the ultimate that could mean that someone could say, for instance, that...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishYes, I noticed that, for a change, a US writer had managed to get the plural possessive right. Of co...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI confess my error. It was carelessness, not ignorance, I will say. I brew both wine and beer and us...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Webster (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAt home I have the Concise, as it is small enough to fit easily on a shelf and comprehensive enough ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn fact, I had something of the sort in my own mind and actually started to compose a response. Howe...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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