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"Sweet San Fairy Ann" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English The problem here is that two phrases have been combined. As Bob says, the less polite one is "Sweet ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn fact, I would give credit where credit is truly due. An American did invent the typewriter, witho...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Antebellum (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIndeed. We would probably say "before the War" or "pre-war" - meaning WW2. The only "ante" word I ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Linking Quiz (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishI admit that my first thought was Rye (the cereal) but I thought that too easy. The Japanese board...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Linking Quiz - a variation (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishMe too! And, by the way, I am the last person who is likely ever to post about British footballers,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Linking Quiz (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishUSury. And that means that my next word means "The closest that the Japanese come to a traditonal En...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Interesting Etymologies (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishThe Shambles in York is a very interesting street and well worth a visit.http://www.britainexpress.c...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Linking Quiz (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishIn the absence of any posted rules, I had assumed that this was how you won - by coming up with some...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Signs at Oxford (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI have to say that I feel that the signs are quite reasonably drawing attention to possible problem ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Linking Quiz (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishWhich is "Ewe". (You could also have had "ewer"). But for my "WE" clue I would pose "...Bedford-bas...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishActually Swan's lamp was as good as Edison's but where Edison did better than Swan was in providing ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote, "...A committee of the British Parliament in 1878 reported Thomas Edison's ideas of developin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThat's a fairly standard hotel breakfast here. Better establishments might have additional items inc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Items in Today's Paper (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishDrinking that quantity of fizzy Brazilian beer, I would suggest that carbonic acid poisoning would b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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(Condolence) Letter from America (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishAt one time I believed that the British Library had a copy of every book ever printed in the UK. How...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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(Condolence) Letter from America (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI agree. Sir Alistair's letters were always interesting, always perceptive, sometimes critial but n...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Knowledgeableness (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishQuote "...My suggestion: "His knowledgeableness on the subject exceeds those of his contemporaries."...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI see. So your suggestion is that a critique is accurate and a criticism inaccurate. I had never he...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Items in Today's Paper (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishWhen I come to Chicago next month I will be drinking good beer (arrangements have been made). Simil...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have checked with my friend Stewart (a linguophile who hasn't yet visited this board) and he confi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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