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Favorite Insult? (in Potpourri) by Richard English Yes, but they do all sorts of strange things in Europe. We British try to ignore them. Richard Engl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Is there a word for it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI suggest that "decapitated head" is oxymoronic. You can only decapitate a body, surely. Richard En...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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"Hedge Rage" (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI did check to see that this story was not printed on April 1st...! Hedgeline? Well, maybe. 4000 pa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cyberninny Strikes Again ! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI have a contact in Denmark who collects corporate ballpoint pens (he now has many thousand). I won...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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bar? tavern? pub? whatever! (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn England, where we take these matters very seriously, each of the terms suggested has a different ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Epitaths (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishSo as not to cause it a paroxysm, I will modify any dubious words myself. However, my point is tha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Junking conjunctions (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishAnd what, pray, is wrong with using a conjunction at the beginning of a sentence? Also, why should c...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIndeed it is - but it is supposedly for the speaker's ears only. Hamlet's most famous soliloquy is a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishOnly because you let it! Many English homes have separate toilets - it is actually a significant sa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have always assumed that a soliloquy could be private whereas a monologue anticipated an audience....... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishJust how far back do you want to go? In Henry the Eigth's reign there was, at Hampton court palace,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThat's exactly what I meant. You didn't imagine for a moment that I was advocating the use of a plur...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Chit-Chat (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThat's far better than a boss I once had who only wanted to monologue! Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishDon't confuse accuracy with style. It's quite possible for a construction to be accurate, but offens...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishAnd, what's more this was when I was working as a guest lecturer at the College for Distributive Tra...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Never married? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNot wrong but it can look clumsy. Another such instance is when you have a succession of brackets ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishIn my ignorance I just wonder why those who choose to take LSD don't simply refer to the practice as...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI have to confess that, not only have I never "dropped acid" but also that I would even know what it...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Water, water everywhere (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishA weir is an old English word that means either a dam or a compound created in a stream to trap fish...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Turbine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishOn a car it's a hood; on a head it's a hat. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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