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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English In that case, it would seem that you would rhyme "horse" with "whores"! In the UK "oars" and "whores...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThey are. And there are hundreds of other homonyms in English (both US and UK). We manage because ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishOver here it means "Frequency Modulation". This is a method of radio wave transmission in which the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishPorn, brawn and born are all perfect rhymes in UK English Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishSo much for Webster's attempts to simplify Aemrican spelling and pronunciation! Here, sauce rhymes ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishWere it my own random use of a minor vulgarism I would accept this criticism. However, it's not and ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishA fast-living micester from Bicester went out with a pretty girl's sicester. On a journey to Glouces...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have to assume that this, too, is a "joke"... There has been a settlement at Worcester for at lea...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIndeed there is Evesham's fine vale where Morgans are still made for sale. There's Worcester's fine ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishThis is a genuine recipe and I did read a report from an amateur beermaker who had tried it. Apparen...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn England it's true we have dales, and also we have leafy vales. They're words of our time - not si...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishOne aspect of human behaviour which is almost a universal truth is that few people consider others' ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI suppose the difference between then and now is that the adulterants have changed. I suspect that ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMine too. We are a particularly filthy nation when it comes to littering. Most other European countr...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishMy! The world has changed - or maybe it's just different in Cambridge! Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt's always possible to identify the British travellers when using escalators abroad - they will be ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishOf course, this was Real Ale - long before the likes of A-B managed to get their corporate hands on ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishReasonably accurate, especially about queues. The London Underground, the world's oldest and (I beli...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI used the word Imperial to indicate that I was referring to British, as opposed to US measures. The...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNo. On the contrary. In order to finish its fermentation in the bottle it needs to remain at room te...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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