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Discussion Topic  RE: Portmanteau words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
SUVs are what? Is it some sort of utility vehicle, like a Jeep or Range Rover? If so, I am inclined......
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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: Besides insane..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I very much doubt it. There could be a word for a man who talks to himself, a woman who talks to he......
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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: 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: More on limericks (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Ah, that explains it. I hadn't thought of the abbreviation "fems". It's not normally used here, of c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More on limericks (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I like this limerick but I'm not convinced that the word "fhame's" is correctly spelt. As written it......
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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: More on limericks (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I like all limericks, as I have mentioned elsewhere and especially in the other limerick thread. How......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ultra-crepidarian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suspect that we all have opinions about most subjects; whether or not we have knowledge has little......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Lehrer (in Wordplay) by Richard English
It seems clear from the monogamy thread that human beings are not by nature monogamous, so "dear hun......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Lehrer (in Wordplay) by Richard English
As I understood it, a man chases a woman, and chases her and chases her until, in the end, she catch......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In UK English unstressed vowels are hardly pronounced. So Oregon would have the initial "O" clearly ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Lehrer (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I know that those pursuits that we in England refer to as "Country Sports" are expensive, but I was ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: You say "Horse," I say "po-TAH-to." (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As you'd know had you studied elsewhere I've rhyming enough and to spare but the only form I'll writ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Lehrer (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I just can't imagine why that one so stuck in my memory! Richard English...
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