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Discussion Topic  RE: "Foreign Accent Syndrome" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...It's my understanding that those "Friends" episodes set in England actually portrayed Brit......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Non-Fiction read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Anything by Asimov is worth reading and, of course, his range was very broad - probably the broadest......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Be Thankful...It's just Thanksgiving Once a Year! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
No. We don't celebrate it in the UK (which is not surprising since it derives from the Pilgrim Fathe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: McJob: A new-word controversy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Is the gun crime figure per capita? If not, then an adjustment needs to be made as Canada's populati......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mayflower English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is my impression that the greatest changes have taken place in southern English, presumably under......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Question and a Quote (in The Written Word) by Richard English
As an ex-British schoolboy may I say that we were all sorts of monstrous things but stuffy? Not in a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: McJob: A new-word controversy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Did he or she really weigh 25 stone! That's pretty big even by US standards! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prents of school dropouts go to jail! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is rare but does happen. Home tutoring might often be the only way a disabled child, for example,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prents of school dropouts go to jail! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
These sorts of sanctions have been the law in England for many years (although the law was not alway......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Poetic Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
That is undoubtedly true of some of his work; it is certainly not true of it all. "Inexpensive prog......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The rule concerning the use of the full stop (period) in abbreviations used to confuse me. However, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Poetic Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It will come as no surprise to readers of this board, I know, that I actually like John Betjemen's w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are we still human? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Forgive my ignorance but I thought that DDT had been universally banned many years ago. Indeed, I r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I shall be writing a letter. (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I wish you luck, Bob, with your letter. In my experience the otherwise excellent BBC is probably jus......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences: article in The Economist (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Missionary zeal. That's a very good analogy. The USA has taken on the mantle that the British had ar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Big Read (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I'm sure that Hitchikers' Guide was originally written as a radio play. At least, that was my first ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A sorry tale (in The Written Word) by Richard English
This thread continued with Rollason getting ever more cross but really he didn't see the point. I wa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: V.D. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There's a story of a doctor who had to tell a young male patient that he was infected with a venerea......
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Discussion Topic  A sorry tale (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) recently held its annual Convention in Palma. A disg......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Language Police (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's all part of the mistaken belief that to promote a measure of social and financial equality you ......
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