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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote. "...All they talk about in our Board meetings is 'drivel'"!..." Tell the Chair that if they......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is an unspoken concensus amongst apostrophe lovers that people who use the word "it's" as the pos......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote: "This speaks for itself" Only barely to me - what language is it? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...If the wireless is broken, do you crank up the Victrola?..." Not in the UK. The expressi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Men from the North of England have a reputation for treating their womenfolk in an "old-fashioned" w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gossip (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
According to the OED "gossip" did have an earlier meaning of Godparent, from the old English "godsib......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
OED Definition 4. Coming together, meeting. I submit, a wholly appropriate term for sexual union. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"On the subject of "sleep with", if we eliminate euphemisms we are left with the problem that there ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wives (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I dislike euphemisms as a rule since they do little to disguise the actual meaning of the term which......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I don't know that this is an oxymoron. It is usually used to describe a person who, although lacking......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Educating kids about words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
You can't be "...a titch negative..." - that's like saying that you're "...a small negative...". Y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Educating kids about words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I set an examination once for Travel Agents where one of the questions asked them to calculate earni......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Have a nice voyage, Cheese! (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I didn't suggest Spanish since this phrase is not, of course, a true rhyme. "...pasa..." does not rh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Have a nice voyage, Cheese! (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I can't help with the butterfly, but did you know that if you said, in French, "To the water it is t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Have a nice voyage, Cheese! (in Wordplay) by Richard English
"Bon voyage, fromage" is, of course, French. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Simply to be awkward I ferquently treat teenage slang expressions literally. The current favourite,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
It was, in fat, rare for Tom Lehrer to try to force a rhyme. Most of his lyrics scan and rhyme perfe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cockney (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Cockney rhyming slang, like all living languages (in other words, unlike French!), is developing and......
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Discussion Topic  Less and Fewer - a new slant in "The Times" (in The Written Word) by Richard English
An article recently appeared in The Times whose author was trying to make the point that the disctin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Richard English
"Quad bike" Richard English...
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