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Discussion Topic  RE: Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although there have been railways (and plateways - where the flange is on the rail, not the wheel) f......
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Men versus Women (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Do you still have milkmen in the USA? They are a dying breed here, I fear, but we still get our mil......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Why? Incentive is a noun (and sometimes an adjective). There is no rule that says all nouns must hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I forecast that both coins will come out shiny bright and both teeth will be little, if at all, chan......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, there's the surprisingly persistent myth that Anheuser Busch and Millers brew beer and the ass......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Nor do I. It tastes positively foul! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, although I would prefer not to create a new verb just for the sake of it, I can't think of ......
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