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Poll  RE: "How many syllables" revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Like most multiple choice polls, this is more about the pollster than the polled. My choi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mazda (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...He's not doubting the merits of flourescent-style lamps over the older incandescent type........
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Discussion Topic  RE: atomistic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Gesondheid seems like Dutch or Afrikaans..." Doesn't it mean "health" - rather like the G......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mazda (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I remember them well "The betting's brisk as hopes grow stronger, but Mazda lamps stay brighter long......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Turkish Brothels (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, when Turkey joins the EC (possibly next year) they will have to ensure that their brothel......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Will this madness never end? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I'd be inclined to say "cobbler's" were it not for the fact that this term is, of course, gender spe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New Special Words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...One of my colleagues was describing a fellow colleague to me (the latter wears short skirt......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New Special Words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Canoodle is not uncommon in UK English, though it's probably rather an old-fashioned term these days......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Drill down" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
There was a lot of discussion on brainstorming on one of the HRD boards and I was very interested si......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How blogs change politics (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...do men ever really grow out of the "thinking about sex all the time" stage?..." Well, now......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Corroboration vs. Collaboration (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Do you think these 2 words can be used synonymously?..." No....
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Drill down" (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have heard it most often when applied to computers. Quite how it differs from "analyse" or from an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How blogs change politics (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I was in my early teens and wasn't thinking of sex..." Therein lies the difference. In my......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How blogs change politics (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...I was a typical teenager who could only think about boys...." How come I never met one of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many syllables in "Don't spoil the oil"?? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Bugs Bunny pronounces such words with two syllable, "...OK Mac - where's the fy-er..." I don't know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Also, the translation program changed UK to British; I imagine this doesn't please the Sco......
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is alternate spelling accepted? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Let's say that no alternative spellings are ever accepted. Then we can get rid of transatlantic miss......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Which would suggest to me that, although translators' work might be under threat, there must be many......
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Discussion Topic  Spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Or is it just me? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I don't know whether you have an equivalent in the USA but in the UK we have the Plain English Campa......
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