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Discussion Topic  RE: Luxurious Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...And, the Mercedes automobile was named after somebody's daughter..." In fact it was Emil......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Just checking, Richard...do they teach about apostrophes in this "classical education" ov......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In vino veritas (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In wine is truth - and that's it. When you're Brahms you tell the truth since your learnt inhibition......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "... I would salute you with a cask-brewed (?) ale, if I knew where to get one!..." You don'......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...I simply thought that by classical education, Richard meant an old-fashioned one with emp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wintry words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...Suddenly, I understood what all that European poetry about spring meant..." I can think o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wintry words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...We left our faucets all dripping slowly in hopes that the pipes won't freeze..." Not a go......
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Discussion Topic  RE: miscommunicaton (in The Written Word) by Richard English
VW, being one of the first of the car manufacturers to consider the wants of their target markets ra......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...we can't say that because someone crosses the Atlantic they have to start spelling words d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: miscommunicaton (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...That may well have been called a semaphore; I don't remember..." The proprietory term was......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Heaven forfend that I should be thought to be casting aspersions on Tolkein's learning. I was merely......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...Let's say I had a job in London and my kids went to public schools there, or whatever you......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I see I have unwittingly created a minor ruckus by commenting about classicalthe UK and the US; I do......
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Poll  RE: Ambition (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Read "The Peter Principle" for an amusing insight into one man's views about promotion and ambition....
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or "Hubble bubble, toil and trouble." instead of the correct quote: "Double double, toil and trouble......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The OED prefers the "ize" ending but many, including me, prefer the "ise" ending. Either is acceptab......
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Discussion Topic  RE: miscommunicaton (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Apron; skirt; belt; glove (box); visor; lining; buckle....
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"All that glisters is not gold" is the correct quotation. However, along with "Paint the lily" (usua......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Phonics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I'm not supporting the phonetic alphabet concept, just saying that it was the way I learnt French an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Phonics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I learnt to read English by using the system of allocating sounds to letters and vowels - which I th......
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