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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English Having an enquiring mind I thought I would try this for myself. In fact, some of the entries related...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThat link suggests that the word is Italian - a language I don't speak. Maybe that's what it means i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn Spanish this is an adjective with meanings having the sense of "wild"; "courageous"; "rugged" etc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAnd, if it's a man looking at the place, not even then! Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThe fact that I spent much of my earlier working life as a travel agent does help when it comes to t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThere was, at one time, a company called Daedelus aviation (or, as we in the trade called it, "Dead ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishI suspect that this worry has been around ever since the invention of writing and the gradual increa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishThere are very many perfectly good words that have changed their meaning to the extent that some are...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI suppose what he should have done was to tell him not to fly too close to the sea - that would have...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishThe Manx Parliament, the House of Keys, is claimed to be the World's oldest legislature. All beer b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishHe wasn't that clever because he allowed his son, Icarus, to fly too near to the sun and the heat me...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Epi- words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishThat epicure dining at Crewe was drinking his mouse-soup in lieu of the meal in his own suite at Bir...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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For Comment (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishMy poetic efforts have been mainly restricted to Limericks - although I did many years ago write a ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishQuite correct. The best ones are "rumpies" which have nothing but a hollow where the tail would nor...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Flowery language (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishPossibly. But some people use complex language simply to confuse. I had a boss once who would write...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishActually, a lot of people don't know where the Isle on Man is. Well, here's a clue - it's nowhere n...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThat's perfectly accurate since the apostrophe here is one denoting omission. The full text would be...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishSadly, I suspect that many people believe that this is a common attitude in the USA. And this is one...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishIn fact, they are usually referred to here as "girl guides". Brownies are the same. The Girl Guides...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Pleasant conversation (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishI had never heard of this meaning of the word Quiz either. However, the OED suggests that it is an a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum | » Refine Search » New Search |
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