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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard English Twee is a perfectly good UK English word which means "affectedly dainty or quaint". It is a derogato...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishNot in the Rolls-Royce, no. Not unless you count the things that spray the headlights. I did have o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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The Importance of Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishA woman without her man is nothing. In tests it has been found that men tend to read this sentence ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishThere is a good article in Time magazine this week about this whole saga. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word St. Stephen's Tower (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishFollowing my recent post and admission that I was uncertain of the spelling of this well-known Londo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishUS English speakers have more scope here, since, although we rhyme "ass" and "lass", the expression ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI was wondering when somebody would ask... The thread was about Arabic words in English and shufti ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishFor those who can see the discussion programmes by Robert Kilroy Silk that we have on BBC 1 TV on we...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI glad that's been cleared up. Any questions, anyone? Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI obviously was not clear. In the UK "oars" rhymes with "whores" - it's not a homophone. However, ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn that case, it would seem that you would rhyme "horse" with "whores"! In the UK "oars" and "whores...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThey are. And there are hundreds of other homonyms in English (both US and UK). We manage because ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishOver here it means "Frequency Modulation". This is a method of radio wave transmission in which the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Quid-ity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishA quid is a pound sterling. The word is not usually used in the plural - it's ten quid, not ten quid...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishPorn, brawn and born are all perfect rhymes in UK English Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishSo much for Webster's attempts to simplify Aemrican spelling and pronunciation! Here, sauce rhymes ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishWere it my own random use of a minor vulgarism I would accept this criticism. However, it's not and ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishA fast-living micester from Bicester went out with a pretty girl's sicester. On a journey to Glouces...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have to assume that this, too, is a "joke"... There has been a settlement at Worcester for at lea...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks Revisited (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIndeed there is Evesham's fine vale where Morgans are still made for sale. There's Worcester's fine ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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