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Word misunderstandings of computer neophyes (in Potpourri) by Richard English Of course, once you're in London it's only around three hours on the train to get to Paris or Brusse...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Doh! (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishSince it is clear that Homer Simpson is now a popular American, I suggest that there should be anoth...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Doh! (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn fact, Canada was surprisingly anti-American in some ways, especially over the question of trade w...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Doh! (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI suspect that this has more to do with anti-Americanism than with ignorance. Although I have never ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Verbiage (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI agree. Verbiage has negative connotations akin to pomposity, flummery, and bombast. Why not avoid...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Word misunderstandings of computer neophyes (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI was really referring only to PCs and their applications, not to telecoms. It's seems to me that m...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cliches (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishSince he was British we jolly well ought to be! Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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A limousine steak? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishNot a originally a car as such but a style of car body. In the days when many manufacturers made onl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Yiddish words (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishHaving just come back from Malta (a completely bilingual society) I would like to make another obser...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAnd another thing. How did we manage not to die of thirst? Every teenager in England now carries a b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Word misunderstandings of computer neophyes (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIsolationism is not necessarily all bad but it does have consequences that its adherents might not b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Animal words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishOf course this doesn't work so well in the UK since Nash was talking about those animals that walk o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishWith any form of slang it is possible to make such a claim since the language of slang is "unofficia...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishThe cockney rhyming slang site mentioned above is very good. It is not, though, always accurate. Al...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Word misunderstandings of computer neophyes (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI confess I haven't had the nerve to try it! However, that the US government continues to pursue it...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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A ___ from ___ (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishDon't forget that many of us have our pictures on the community site, should you wish to dispel some...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Yiddish words (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have been to all the places cited and can assure you that Spain and Portugal are not carbon copies...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Word misunderstandings of computer neophyes (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn Britain (where the emergency telephone number was invented) we used (and can still use) 999. This...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Yiddish words (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have learnt from the many conversations I have had both on and off this board that most Americans ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Yiddish words (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI agree. We have some fairly large Jewish communities (including some very strict Orthodox ones) but...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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