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Discussion Topic  RE: Sit-coms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Arthur English (he never used a stage name) was a very popular comedian in the 1950s. He played a lo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have never seen the film, nor indeed heard of it. So tell me, please, what is the crazy characteri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sit-coms (in Potpourri) by Richard English
He was in probably half the shows - the later ones. He was Mr Harman, the janitor/odd-job man who al......
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Poll  RE: Quiz about diagnonal (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I agree with Arnie Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would probably not use the precise expression "...Have a good day, gentlemen...", simply because w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...you count it, you'd have to count every island in the world, ..." Only if they were part ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for "separated territory"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
...and the Hawaiian Islands Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sorry to be a damp squib, but isn't this virtually impossible to play on line? After all, anyone can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Presumably it hasn't been on US TV, but "Call my Bluff" is a long-established British TV show, where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untriangulating (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This word has two meanings, both cartographic. The first is to divide an area into triangles for su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would only say it to an all male group! If it were an all-female group then I'd say "Have a good......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It looks very much like "Call my Bluff" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As in, maybe: "You don't carry a gun? That is so European!" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A second quiz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's salutory that even well-read people, as we surely are, will usually not know the answers to qui......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Sadly, as the French Academy (I won't use its French title since I still can't work out how to put i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names of British beers (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, with so many beers to name and their being the need to diferentiate, a plethora of names ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names of British beers (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is another of the words with several meanings, one of which is "a cask". The word does not hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I would hazard a guess that it comes from the same root as does the ending "lore" in "folklore". R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can understand the confusion! In fact, those scenes are of a meeting of the Surrey Vintage Vehicl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Today I have just had a pint or several at the Skimmington Castle. Who knows what a Skimmington was?......
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