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Discussion Topic  RE: Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"At a stand" is UK railway jargon for stopped. There is a mass of rail jargon and, as Wordnerd says,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's it called ? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Britain is an island, on which there are (or were) three countries, England, Scotland and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lint (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I learnt yesterday from an article in the "Radio Times" (arguably on of the UK's best written magazi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I have a Dream (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It's possible but unlikely that MLK gave an unprepared speech. Good extempore speakers can give a go......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Of all the multi-national megabrewers there are, so far as I am concerened Guinness is the only one ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: This may be petty, but... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
What is slightly surprising to me that such a short outage (37 minutes I believe) should have had su......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Regional Insults (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is a strange fact that the Northerners (say north of Birmingham) are very concerned about what th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sneaky internet-marketing (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I completely reformatted my hard disc only a month ago and everything that has arrived from the Inte......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I have a Dream (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It's difficult to think of a more powerful piece of oratory than MLK's. Does anyone happen to know -......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What it is (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Yes. It's true that one needs to keep one's wits about one when discussing whether it's its or it's!......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slogans and battle cries (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
So, if you are implying that Coca Cola is not a US corporation - then what do you suggest it be call......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I haven't tried many Japanese beers but those I've tried are just identikit beers. Remember, in most......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slogans and battle cries (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Apart from DeBeers (which I think is South African) which of the companies in that list is not Ameri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Even MSN gets into the act (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Indeed. That is my understanding of the meaning of the term. And I, too, had noted the singular fac......
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Discussion Topic  RE: This may be petty, but... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I first learnt about blackouts when I was very young and asked the purpose of the black sheeting whi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I drank some Texan beer once - at the Texas stand in the World Travel Market. The large man in a lar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
And the economist says that there is a danger of deflation so we'll devalue the glass by making it h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Analogies (in Wordplay) by Richard English
"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Even MSN gets into the act (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It's a very good idea to use the right word if the right word exists and I use several of the words ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
1. I have never heard of the "paper bag test". 2. If my memory serves me correctly the original tit......
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