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Discussion Topic  RE: Epi- words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
That epicure dining at Crewe was drinking his mouse-soup in lieu of the meal in his own suite at Bir......
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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: 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: 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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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
In fact, they are usually referred to here as "girl guides". Brownies are the same. The Girl Guides......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Importance of Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard English
A woman without her man is nothing. In tests it has been found that men tend to read this sentence ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
There is a good article in Time magazine this week about this whole saga. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  St. Stephen's Tower (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Following my recent post and admission that I was uncertain of the spelling of this well-known Londo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I glad that's been cleared up. Any questions, anyone? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Over here it means "Frequency Modulation". This is a method of radio wave transmission in which the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
This is a genuine recipe and I did read a report from an amateur beermaker who had tried it. Apparen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I suppose the difference between then and now is that the adulterants have changed. I suspect that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My! The world has changed - or maybe it's just different in Cambridge! Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanish is an honorable descendant of Latin (in Potpourri) by Richard English
That's right, of course. I have seen the word specie used (obviously wrongly) in good journals and n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Of course, this was Real Ale - long before the likes of A-B managed to get their corporate hands on ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanish is an honorable descendant of Latin (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Sadly they didn't go so far as English - which eliminated genders and the dependency on them. Why, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I used the word Imperial to indicate that I was referring to British, as opposed to US measures. The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
No. On the contrary. In order to finish its fermentation in the bottle it needs to remain at room te......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Just to clarify, I said that tap was originally used to describe the faucet on a cask - I should per......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Warning, in hono(u)r of Richard (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The words keg and cask have acquired different meanings in UK English in the past fifty years (since......
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