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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Heaven forfend that I should be thought to be casting aspersions on Tolkein's learning. I was merely......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I see I have unwittingly created a minor ruckus by commenting about classicalthe UK and the US; I do......
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Poll  RE: Ambition (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Read "The Peter Principle" for an amusing insight into one man's views about promotion and ambition....
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or "Hubble bubble, toil and trouble." instead of the correct quote: "Double double, toil and trouble......
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Discussion Topic  RE: miscommunicaton (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Apron; skirt; belt; glove (box); visor; lining; buckle....
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"All that glisters is not gold" is the correct quotation. However, along with "Paint the lily" (usua......
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Discussion Topic  RE: OED requests (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Why don't you try again? I have found them to be good correspondents and things, especially emails, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dark Horses (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...It my be fate, or it may be chance – but, whenever a woman is desperate, there is sure to ......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It will be interesting to see where the respondents giving the correct answer hail from and whether ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Energy Vampires" (new term) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But surely the anolgy is perfect. Vampires steal into peoples bedrooms at night and suck their bloo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen, revisited (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
There's a very nice restaurant near to us called The Postilion. It's a play on the owner's name, Die......
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Discussion Topic  RE: OED requests (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I am sorry to see that the OED is considering including the oxymoronic term "quad bike". I trust the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Ah, but when does something become sufficiently common or usual for it to be a fact? It is a fact t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
You realise, of course, that my posting was a joke? The statement I made is obviously nonsense since......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, all generalisation are inherently flawed (although that's a generalisation, of course)....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pendants' Revolt (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Try the Beeb's website if it's not broadcast....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pendants' Revolt (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Obviously nobody did but for those who can get it, BBC 4 is repeating it tonight, 08 December. It's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ms. (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...No abbreviatioon needs a period any more...." I think that the full stop after abbreviati......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ms. (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...It isn't an abbreviation, like "missus" or "mister," so I don't see why we should use a p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 8th Wonder of the World (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Since the beginning of our time it has symbolized freedom and has been an icon for immigra......
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