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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's simple enough. The vehicle manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, registered that as the company name just ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Now I'm back and catching up (and see, to my horror that my sentence about Rolls-Royces had a typo) ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since pedantry seems to be the theme today, I would point out that the vehicle subject above the men......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. But you did say, "Sometimes there is a confusion, at least in the U.S., with apostrophes fol......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hybris (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Yes, correct spelling. The plant was named after the English botanist Buddle, who died in 1715. The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The London Beer Flood of 1814 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is completely true. The Friary brewery was in Guildford and Meux were in London. They did merge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There is indeed. As there is also confusion about whether the possessive of "it" takes an apostrophe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Without wishing to re-open the possessive apostrophe topic (and if you believe that you'll believe a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Precise wording? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Exquisite can mean "highly sensitive or discriminating and thus would make sense in the context you ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Small Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Is this a typo or a genuine difference in usage? I would say "and conversing WITH a square he encou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hypersensitivity (in Potpourri) by Richard English
There has been much discussion about this on the travel boards. The general opinion is that the man'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More favorite words.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My wife made some flummery once. It was very nice. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I understand that P G Wodehouse (and how come none of his books were in the big read top 100?) was v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gilbert and Sullivan on computers? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The term "Bud", and the name "Budweiser" is owned by Anheuser Busch in the USA and thus the brewers ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More Phrases from French (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
As I recall in my French lessons about half a century ago, voila means "look there" and voici means ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Had it not been for the alternative word for start, we would not have had Stanley Holloway's wonderf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Desking (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I'd never thought about it before now, but don't we sometimes talk about gentlemen's suiting? Richa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Baseball (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
A baseball playoff's what, pray. Its goose egg? Which term means, in the UK, an ovoid part of the r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is a brewery-backed organisation whose stated aim is to improve standards of beer storage and d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Drink-related words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Remember, in UK drinking parlance kegs and casks are not the same. Casks are the barrel-shaped conta......
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