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![]() A hundred years ago London was the World's largest city and its huge population used coal fires as a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Although it is, indeed, a back formation from liason, OED is quite happy with the word liase and it ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() There are many writing courses available (I run one myself) although most are run on a face-to-face ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() As I said in my posting, most gardens in England have compost heaps. The challenge is, of course, t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() I have already posted this elsewhere but will repeat it here for the benefit of those who are perhap...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() Yes, Rhubard fool is common enough here. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word ![]() It may be true, of course, that Irish Gaelic is dying out, although I haven't seen the references. I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay ![]() In the UK the term manure is usually used to describe fertiliser of animal origin (stable sweepings,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Of course, Robbie Burns, being a Scot, used many of the old Gaelic words which would have been unkno...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Forgive me. I had forgotten that you don't use spanners in the USA - you use wrenches! In England we...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() I would assume so - although I'm surprised that London was not the first recipient, considering how ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() In fact, the first ever traffic light (not automatic) was installed in London in the 19th Century. I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() You know, silly things like bits of jewellery, ornaments, flowers, perfume. All the kinds of things ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() I accept that there is need for acronyms when using a mobile 'phone to send a text message, since an...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Interesting - although the first traffic lights were installed in London, England - not Cleveland. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() In fact, although Edison's orginal phonograph used a tinfoil cylinder this was experimental and very...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word ![]() My wife is the gardener of the partnership and needed a further supply for the flower beds. And I am...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ![]() Actually yes. I had Toad in the Hole the day before yesterday. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words ![]() The story, as I heard it, was that a certain car manufacturer gave away a free record with each new ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word ![]() In fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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