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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...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Phonics (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI learnt to read English by using the system of allocating sounds to letters and vowels - which I th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Phonics (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have never been able to understand the rationale of those who suggest that phonics are a poor way ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Lesser-Known Counterparts of Familiar Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishQuote "...The term numerate seems to be much more common in Britspeak than in USspeak..." This is t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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OED requests (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishWhy don't you try again? I have found them to be good correspondents and things, especially emails, ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Dark Horses (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishQuote "...It my be fate, or it may be chance – but, whenever a woman is desperate, there is sure to ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIt will be interesting to see where the respondents giving the correct answer hail from and whether ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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"Energy Vampires" (new term) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishBut surely the anolgy is perfect. Vampires steal into peoples bedrooms at night and suck their bloo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Jane Austen, revisited (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishThere's a very nice restaurant near to us called The Postilion. It's a play on the owner's name, Die...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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OED requests (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI am sorry to see that the OED is considering including the oxymoronic term "quad bike". I trust the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAs I have said previously, BBB!... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishWow. What verbiage! I see they're truly International - they are in far away Canada as well as the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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"Nothing to Wear" (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishOne of the problems is, of course, is that the chap is speaking English and the lady is speaking "wo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt seems to me, then, that are simply seeking a word to describe superiority or excellence. But I do...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAh, but when does something become sufficiently common or usual for it to be a fact? It is a fact t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Were they using the word wrong, then?..." Maybe not wrongly but, to my mind, unecessarily...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Lame (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishUnlicensed cabbies seem to be a problem everywhere and typically those who operate unlicenced cabs a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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sophia (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI agree with aput. These are the kinds of things people say in order to impress others with their le...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishYou realise, of course, that my posting was a joke? The statement I made is obviously nonsense since...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishOf course, all generalisation are inherently flawed (although that's a generalisation, of course).... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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