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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...P.S. Richard, you look quite spiffy!..." Just so long as I don't look squiffy!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "nemesetic" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, it does depend on the German word. Rucksack, blitz and kindergarten seem to have made th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Like Bob, I tend to dislike swearing. It is my contention that those who swear extensively often do ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The difference between the sexes (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Man: "Could you put that book in the bookcase with the the other Shakepeare, please?" Woman: "Put......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. There are many variations of the consonant "r". I didn't mean to suggest that there are only......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote " ...American English /r..." I can't be sure what is meant by this but I can say that the Ger......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Epicaricacy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...how is freude pronounced? One syllable, or two?..." Two. German is phonetic....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is (or is not) a "word"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I'm glad that's cleared up, then. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Oddly enough the ONLY place where I have been served Ouzo without ice was in Athens - in a bar in Co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, that depends on what you mean by Europe! Europe is a continent, not a country, and any two Eur......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
We have had them for many years. The term was known even before the Beatles recorded a song about "R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Indeed. My comment was tongue in cheek! I had noticed this strange US desire for ice. When I staye......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation of interesting words... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I received a spam email which asked me to look at a site which had "all-new amatures" on it. As one ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The slang term for a cigarette in England is (or was, since it is now more or less obselete) fag, no......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Are there really nations so deprived that they don't get to eat Toad-in-the hole? You'll be tellin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I hadn't realised that US pies were usually sweet. We have both sweet an savoury pies here and meat ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: February 29th (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
A leap year actually should occur only every 3 and twenty-four/twenty fifths years. As it can't we h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Blitzableiter ??? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In England we don't have lightning rods; we have lighting CONDUCTORS. They do the same job, though. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The expression "a pint and a pie" is nicely alliterative rather than literal. Pubs do sell pies, usu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Having seen the magnificent efforts of those who have attacked the DD form (so much more challenging......
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