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Discussion Topic  RE: Caps, bolds and exclamation points... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Text that is all capitals is difficult to read sinply because the clues given by the varying heights......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Earn a living from books (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...That's great, Richard! Will it be sold in The States, do you know?..." I don't know. That......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Earn a living from books (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Actually I've just written an audio book called, excitingly, "Effective Public Speaking". I'd have l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I have never heard of "pocket borough" although we do use "safe seat". A "rotten borough" was one w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Graffiti (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I use graffito - as do the better newspapers over here. It is not, though, all that common since mos......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Quicker' or 'more quickly'? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Why not use faster dogs to get it over with quicker?.." I would not use an adverb or an a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Of course it doesn't work in UK English since "sauce" and "boss" don't rhyme....
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Discussion Topic  RE: balaclava (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A very good and unbiased article to my mind. Hadlow is actually quite near to where I live - about f......
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Poll  RE: Reliability of polls (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard, I am curious. Is this your personal view or all of England's?..." I can't speak ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "... think people knew very well what both this poll and CJ's first poll were all about. They ......
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Poll  RE: Reliability of polls (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Doing it on the desk is often a different story...." Indeed. And a lot more fun......
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Poll  RE: Reliability of polls (in Potpourri) by Richard English
One of the things that often surprises those who work in large organisations is that most people - d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Beer cocktails (in The Written Word) by Richard English
As I understood it, Shandy is simply an abbreviation for Shandygaff. And a Shandy is beer (usually b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard, I think the very same data would have been obtained (in any of the polls) no matt......
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Poll  RE: Reliability of polls (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...The national average (in the U.S.) is 12%, compared to our 22%..." I wonder what the nat......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Nah then, Salmon's just one kind of pig's. We got apple as well and, o' course, if yer in the bees y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eratica (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would imagine that most glitterati Would want to drive a Maserati. But given the choice I believe ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I mean, these were forum polls. These aren't going to direct science or social policy..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words for partners (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Apologies for the typo. Now corrected....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words for partners (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That is the kind of double negative that gives that subtlety of expression that the English love and......
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