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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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Banned? Barred? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishChurch of England, I understand.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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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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"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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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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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
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Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Did they just decide to take the pronunciation of the limerick writer? Or, how do that han...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Pendants' Revolt (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishTry the Beeb's website if it's not broadcast.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pendants' Revolt (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishObviously nobody did but for those who can get it, BBC 4 is repeating it tonight, 08 December. It's ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Ms. (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...No abbreviatioon needs a period any more...." I think that the full stop after abbreviati...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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