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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: My one and only beer post ever (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The rest of what, might I ask? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: My one and only beer post ever (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Good grief. If nine pints of chemical fizz can do that, just think what four pints of 1845 could do!......
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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: 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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Discussion Topic  RE: Does the Big Read encourage literacy ? (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Most British users prefer the "ise" construction of such words as "criticise" although the OED prefe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
No. I'm not saying that. I don't know about the USA but in the UK there is a crime known as "passing......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I met a chap at the ITT convention, where I had arranged a brewery visit, who seemed to know a lot a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We would use notion to express an idea or concept, often one that is maybe disputable. . For example......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Iterative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
So far as I know there is no difference in the meanings. And the grammatical expression "frequenti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's simple enough. The vehicle manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, registered that as the company name just ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Now I'm back and catching up (and see, to my horror that my sentence about Rolls-Royces had a typo) ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Since pedantry seems to be the theme today, I would point out that the vehicle subject above the men......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. But you did say, "Sometimes there is a confusion, at least in the U.S., with apostrophes fol......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The London Beer Flood of 1814 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is completely true. The Friary brewery was in Guildford and Meux were in London. They did merge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There is indeed. As there is also confusion about whether the possessive of "it" takes an apostrophe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Without wishing to re-open the possessive apostrophe topic (and if you believe that you'll believe a......
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