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Discussion Topic  RE: Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In fact, the first ever traffic light (not automatic) was installed in London in the 19th Century. I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Interesting - although the first traffic lights were installed in London, England - not Cleveland. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In fact, although Edison's orginal phonograph used a tinfoil cylinder this was experimental and very......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The story, as I heard it, was that a certain car manufacturer gave away a free record with each new ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plural? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Limerick is, indeed, in Ireland. The origin of the limerick is uncertain, but one theory is that it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Was that the record that was given free with every new Oldsmobile? Or am I thinking of a different o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I didn't realise that the French used the Limerick form; I had always assumed that its verbal eccent......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I'm glad about that since, as all style books agree, there is no difference between UK and US use. T......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Having checked the site referred to I find the matter resolved. The quotation CJ made was incomplet......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Sorry, no deal. Extended to the ultimate that could mean that someone could say, for instance, that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Although a very lovely song.... (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Yes, I noticed that, for a change, a US writer had managed to get the plural possessive right. Of co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I confess my error. It was carelessness, not ignorance, I will say. I brew both wine and beer and us......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In fact, I had something of the sort in my own mind and actually started to compose a response. Howe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's clear to me that the craft beer revival in the US has done wonders for choice. Sadly it will t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have to confess - all of them. But, you see, I used to be a travel agent and I am now a trainer a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dumb (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Now try asking some Americans as to which side the Russians supported in the Second World War - or e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's a shame that the UK - still the fourth largest economy in the world - seems to have forgotten t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed it does - genuinely. Hops are a mild soporific and this is one of the reasons why beer can ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: America's Apostrophe Catastrophe (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Love the Smith's what, I wonder? Their children? Their dog? Their family? Certainly not their gram......
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