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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite Insult? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Yes, but they do all sorts of strange things in Europe. We British try to ignore them. Richard Engl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Mortar can indeed contain cement. It just doesn't have to, that's all. Incidentally, cement can be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Not necessarily. Traditional lime mortar is not cement, nor need it contain it. The reason why mort......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is there a word for it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I suggest that "decapitated head" is oxymoronic. You can only decapitate a body, surely. Richard En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
If not the cannon specifically, certainly gunpowder and its various applications. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
At the Amberly Chalk Pits Museum there is an exhibition of concrete artifacts (the chalkpit used to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In transport the expression "coach" usually means a 'bus used for a private hire. It can also be use......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I wonder whether it was a corruption in an electronic version of the document? It's a guess but I'd......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Most the world's best known brands are American and worth millions to their owners. I have not been......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sheer Enlightenment (in The Written Word) by Richard English
A Bud Lite drinker? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ridiculous Notice (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Why the complexity? What's wrong with "Please use the other door"? Why explain? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Republicans are a well-intentioned group who believe that an elected leader is better than a heredit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A grammar question (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The COED lists it but suggests its use is jocular. Certainly we would not use it in formal speech in......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is this magic?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Misplaced modifiers are always good for a laugh! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sophister (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I had never heard of sophister (although I knew of sophistry). As it seems to have a scholastic con......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I meant to write this. The "d" was a typo. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I do not intend to get into an argument about this (the more so since this a a word board, not a Roy......
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Discussion Topic  RE: And finally, one for the Brits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
When I first spoke to a person at our head office which had just been established in Colne (Lancashi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Camilla Parker Bowles is the mistress of a widower and was his mistress when he was a married man. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Originally posted by Graham Nice: ... the name given to those of us on this side of the pond who und......
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