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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: Changing meanings... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...However, the most interesting discussion was about the mundane word 'nice.' ..." The word......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I think that what I am trying to say is that I don't try to take sides where there is dispute. Where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Ah, that's why people like wafflers, middle-of-the-roaders, and fence-sitters so much. I s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin for the 21st Century (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Fortunately that particular expression has gained little currency here - at least among the older ge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin for the 21st Century (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a pseudo-swearword created for use by the actors in the British TV series Porridge. ......
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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: 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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Discussion Topic  RE: Magyar Republic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The International travel convention is to use the local names where surface transport (trains usuall......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Briti?ism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...If a term or expression is used exclusively in UK English, do you call it a briticism or a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caucasian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just a couple of points. It is matter of common observation that the differences between different ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Caucasian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I have been away for a while I didn't get into this discussion from the begining. However, I woul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation Site (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In The Times yesterday they published a headline in their "This Day" column, that related to 1959. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Italian (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Could I say that I like Annabel Crabb's piece - for all its journalistic style. Does she write for a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Efforts to censor Internet communication (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...in the middle of Iran - a country with a represivee regime and alegedly a high moral stand......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Communication: the Internet revolution (in The Written Word) by Richard English
To answer this question we need first to look at the lessons of the past to see what changes the inv......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is there a word for... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Humourising? Funnying?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "New and Improved" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Do you think that the English meat dish, faggots, would sell better in the USA were it do be called ......
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