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Discussion Topic  RE: All mixed up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Interestingly enough, Cheddar Cheese is probably the most maligned of all cheeses since it is a simp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: At the risk of reopening old wounds (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course not. And you wouldn't need to since the word does not exist. I suspect that the TES was p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Slough (pronounced to rhyme with cow) is also the name of a town in West London, known for little ex......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have long believed that this is nothing that anyone can say or do, anywhere that will not annoy so......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All mixed up (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, it would be uncharacteristicly non-chauvinistic of me were I not to point out that Stilto......
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Discussion Topic  RE: At the risk of reopening old wounds (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Seems fine to me. I never did get an answer from any one of those who prefer the construction "bos......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's today? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Not so much in England but there is still bitter Catholic/Protestant rivalry in Northern Ireland. R......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Poetry words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, much modern poetry doesn't use rhyme at all. Indeed, I asked the tutor at a poetry evenin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why can't the English .......... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I like Oscar Wilde's quote in the Canterville Ghost in which he said of Mrs Otis, an American who wa......
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Discussion Topic  What's today? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have a calender that shows an old English word or expression for every day and also, where possibl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That link suggests that the word is Italian - a language I don't speak. Maybe that's what it means i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Different pronunciations for the same letters (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In Spanish this is an adjective with meanings having the sense of "wild"; "courageous"; "rugged" etc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
I suspect that this worry has been around ever since the invention of writing and the gradual increa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There are very many perfectly good words that have changed their meaning to the extent that some are......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The Manx Parliament, the House of Keys, is claimed to be the World's oldest legislature. All beer b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: For Comment (in The Written Word) by Richard English
My poetic efforts have been mainly restricted to Limericks - although I did many years ago write a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Quite correct. The best ones are "rumpies" which have nothing but a hollow where the tail would nor......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Flowery language (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Possibly. But some people use complex language simply to confuse. I had a boss once who would write......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Actually, a lot of people don't know where the Isle on Man is. Well, here's a clue - it's nowhere n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Sadly, I suspect that many people believe that this is a common attitude in the USA. And this is one......
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