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Discussion Topic  RE: Phonics (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have never been able to understand the rationale of those who suggest that phonics are a poor way ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banned? Barred? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Church of England, I understand....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lesser-Known Counterparts of Familiar Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...The term numerate seems to be much more common in Britspeak than in USspeak..." This is t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: OED requests (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Why don't you try again? I have found them to be good correspondents and things, especially emails, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dark Horses (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...It my be fate, or it may be chance – but, whenever a woman is desperate, there is sure to ......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It will be interesting to see where the respondents giving the correct answer hail from and whether ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Energy Vampires" (new term) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But surely the anolgy is perfect. Vampires steal into peoples bedrooms at night and suck their bloo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen, revisited (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
There's a very nice restaurant near to us called The Postilion. It's a play on the owner's name, Die......
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Discussion Topic  RE: OED requests (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I am sorry to see that the OED is considering including the oxymoronic term "quad bike". I trust the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I have said previously, BBB!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Wow. What verbiage! I see they're truly International - they are in far away Canada as well as the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...tankering - when airlines dodge high fuel prices at airports to save money..." Airlines, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It seems to me, then, that are simply seeking a word to describe superiority or excellence. But I do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Ah, but when does something become sufficiently common or usual for it to be a fact? It is a fact t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Were they using the word wrong, then?..." Maybe not wrongly but, to my mind, unecessarily......
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Discussion Topic  RE: sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I agree with aput. These are the kinds of things people say in order to impress others with their le......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
You realise, of course, that my posting was a joke? The statement I made is obviously nonsense since......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, all generalisation are inherently flawed (although that's a generalisation, of course)....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...Did they just decide to take the pronunciation of the limerick writer? Or, how do that han......
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
For the beneift of both UK and US readers, remember that there is a language difference here. When U......
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