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RE: British Pubs
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For the benefit of foreigners - and especially those who will shortly be visiting our sceptred isles......
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July 25, 2003 12:35
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Stonehenge is quite a jaunt from London. Stick to the capital for your first visit. After all, you......
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July 24, 2003 11:31
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Absolutely. Bars in England are made of solid timber. Now, had he walked into a pub... Richard Engl......
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July 24, 2003 11:28
RE: A right to something "compulsory"?
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The more so it you start speaking about "falls". That's when we trip up and lose our balance. We ha......
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July 24, 2003 11:26
RE: British Pubs
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This is an excellent summary but there is one change that is presently afoot about which visitors ne......
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July 24, 2003 02:27
RE: A right to something "compulsory"?
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These are just one of the devices that we, in the UK, use to increase the subtelty of our communicat......
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July 24, 2003 01:57
RE: Is there a word for it?
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I assumed that a "decapitated head" was a "headless head" - and that's an oxymoron. Richard English...
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July 23, 2003 06:18
RE: Pronunciation of interesting words...
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Mortar can indeed contain cement. It just doesn't have to, that's all. Incidentally, cement can be......
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July 22, 2003 10:18
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Not necessarily. Traditional lime mortar is not cement, nor need it contain it. The reason why mort......
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July 22, 2003 01:49
RE: Is there a word for it?
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I suggest that "decapitated head" is oxymoronic. You can only decapitate a body, surely. Richard En......
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July 22, 2003 01:40
RE: Cultural differences
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If not the cannon specifically, certainly gunpowder and its various applications. Richard English...
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July 20, 2003 04:19
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At the Amberly Chalk Pits Museum there is an exhibition of concrete artifacts (the chalkpit used to ......
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July 20, 2003 04:13
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In transport the expression "coach" usually means a 'bus used for a private hire. It can also be use......
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July 19, 2003 02:50
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I did check to see that this story was not printed on April 1st...! Hedgeline? Well, maybe. 4000 pa......
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July 19, 2003 02:38
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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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July 18, 2003 02:08
RE: Anybody had a good paroxysm lately?
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Apart, of course, from the sexual discrimination implicit in this term, is there not also a danger t......
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July 17, 2003 07:36
RE: bar? tavern? pub? whatever!
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In England, where we take these matters very seriously, each of the terms suggested has a different ......
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July 16, 2003 10:20
RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2
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Most the world's best known brands are American and worth millions to their owners. I have not been......
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July 16, 2003 09:40
RE: Limericks, continued
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Only because you let it! Many English homes have separate toilets - it is actually a significant sa......
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July 11, 2003 02:38
RE: Your bonus word for the day is:
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The sadness of it is that the word "gay" is not a simile for "happy". The concept conveyed by the wo......
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July 11, 2003 02:30
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