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Discussion Topic  RE: Hungry? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Having said which, the area around Birmingham is rich in heritage and has some excellent pubs. But I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Another of those interesting US/UK differences. In the UK this sentence would have read something l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why do we call........? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In any situation when there is a threat of conflict the majority will not want to be involved; they ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have certainly never seen a source that suggests this! The difference between the "to draw a concl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
And I suspect that, in the decade since this research was undertaken, the word count has increased s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The problem is that style books (and dictionaries) can only reflect what is going on in the world of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I know very little about sport but was forced to play Rugby Football at school. Fumbling was a term ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, when one visits an area and begins to associate with the locals (one of the great virtues......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from US football (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
No. We play football - you call it soccer to distinguish from America Football (which is a bit like ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why do we call........? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since this is a rather pointless and childish thread I am not going to encourage its continuation. T......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why do we call........? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I leave it to the rest of you to decide why my photograph (and that of my Rolls-Royce) appears on th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
How can you speak of Fuller's 1845 - a beer of amazing strength and depth of flavour in the same pos......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
In fact, this is only a shorter phrase than its English equivalent because of the German habit of co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
We have far more words in English than there are in German. The one, oft-quoted word, that they do h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Archaic, maybe; picturesque, I think so. Why not use some attractive terms occasionally? Richard En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why do we call........? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although it is never possible to be sure, there are tests that can give experts an idea of how a per......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Something silly - or is it? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Heaven forfend that this should ever happen. One of the great strengths of English is its lack of ge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The Courage Mega-Keggery in Reading has never made an ounce of beer in its entire existence. Courag......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why do we call........? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have no problem with this. We either form our beliefs on the basis of our observations, or we have......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Liberal versus Conservative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Because the rules of grammar exist to aid communication, that's why! The fact that the likes of Joy......
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