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Discussion Topic  RE: How many syllables in "Don't spoil the oil"?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Bugs Bunny pronounces such words with two syllable, "...OK Mac - where's the fy-er..." I don't know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Also, the translation program changed UK to British; I imagine this doesn't please the Sco......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Italian: dropping the final vowel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or even, "Los otro(s) si; Yo, no"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is alternate spelling accepted? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Let's say that no alternative spellings are ever accepted. Then we can get rid of transatlantic miss......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Which would suggest to me that, although translators' work might be under threat, there must be many......
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Discussion Topic  Spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Or is it just me? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't know whether you have an equivalent in the USA but in the UK we have the Plain English Campa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
You can delete automatic corrections if you want to - or even turn the thing off completely. I use R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gimpel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Never heard of it!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Brit's eye view of Seattle (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In my own experience there is a more positive attitude towards service in stores and retaurants in t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I went into a McDonalds in Aberdeen Harbour (Hong Kong) since I felt that their washroom facilities ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...You can't get them at McDonald's..." And so are potatoes, buns (made from grain) and cole......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mendacities (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Another mother told her daughter that if she didn't wear underwear to school, the principa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bizarre etymologies (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
In his first work to achieve fame (The Engima Variations), Edward Elgar wrote a piece about his frie......
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Discussion Topic  RE: discomfort quotation marks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...They, like Word, tend to be sticklers on 'which' and 'that.'..." Probably because they us......
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Discussion Topic  RE: discomfort quotation marks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Full stop to end the idea in the brackets, question mark to end the question. I confess th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Pronoun of Indefinite Gender (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Didn't realize that the English invented PC, too. Darn, we Yanks ain't invented nuffin .........
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Pronoun of Indefinite Gender (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I agree with Kalleh. I will never agree a singular subect with a plural pronoun. It has become comm......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dipthong pronunciation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Diphthong, Richard; it's diphthong..." Whoops! That'll learn me to check proper next time......
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Discussion Topic  Dipthong pronunciation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There has been some recent discussion on the OEDILF board to do with the pronunciation of certain wo......
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