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![]() One of the problems is that the USA, in the form of its government is a bully! It is particularly un...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() Although I suspect it's a British trait, I also suspect that it is strongest among the English. Ce...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() I think I'd have not bothered with the war or the farm relief commission! Am I alone in my view tha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay ![]() For the benefit of foreigners - and especially those who will shortly be visiting our sceptred isles...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Stonehenge is quite a jaunt from London. Stick to the capital for your first visit. After all, you...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Absolutely. Bars in England are made of solid timber. Now, had he walked into a pub... Richard Engl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay ![]() This is an excellent summary but there is one change that is presently afoot about which visitors ne...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() You must understand that we, in England, are very tolerant people. We do not blame the Europeans for...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Yes, but they do all sorts of strange things in Europe. We British try to ignore them. Richard Engl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Mortar can indeed contain cement. It just doesn't have to, that's all. Incidentally, cement can be...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() Not necessarily. Traditional lime mortar is not cement, nor need it contain it. The reason why mort...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() If not the cannon specifically, certainly gunpowder and its various applications. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() At the Amberly Chalk Pits Museum there is an exhibition of concrete artifacts (the chalkpit used to ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() In transport the expression "coach" usually means a 'bus used for a private hire. It can also be use...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() I wonder whether it was a corruption in an electronic version of the document? It's a guess but I'd...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Apart, of course, from the sexual discrimination implicit in this term, is there not also a danger t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() In England, where we take these matters very seriously, each of the terms suggested has a different ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() So as not to cause it a paroxysm, I will modify any dubious words myself. However, my point is tha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay ![]() Most the world's best known brands are American and worth millions to their owners. I have not been...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() Indeed it is - but it is supposedly for the speaker's ears only. Hamlet's most famous soliloquy is a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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