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Punctuation and quotation marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishThat seems fine to me - and I am actually presently drinking an excellent pint of Fuller's 1845 (sad...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Am I a mutt? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI Believe the style guide to be wrong. My usual question when trying to decide the order of punctua...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Honker's (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThere is a learning situation here. As children we like sweet things naturally and tend to dislike...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Am I a mutt? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishThere is a difference here between UK and US English, although, according to Oxford, the term has th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Mythical Places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishYes. It's a word that's commonly used, though and I suspect that it's here for the medium term, at l...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Mythical Places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishI agree that this is rather far from the purpose of this board so will not try to instigate an in-de...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Words about floods... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI have never been there but someone once told me that the falls are actually rather small. He shared...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Totally Useless Information (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMany years ago a schoolfriend of mine, whose parents had once owned a pig farm, did mention somethin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Mythical Places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishShangri-La is supposedly in the Himalayas, near to Tibet. Chinese government restrictions permitting...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Mythical Places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishWhen I was travel agent I heard this phrase and others like it many times. Obviously it would have b...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Honker's (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNothing difficult; it is simply a style that has gone out of fashion and is thus rare. There are man...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Mythical Places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishQuote "...After the city in northwest Africa, in what is now Mali. Timbuktu was at one time a major ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Totally Useless Information (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAs I said, that was Mishka's hypothesis. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Honker's (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMy original description was of the IPA (India Pale Ale) and I think I prefer it to the Honker's, if ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Degrees of cold (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI recall that, a few years ago when we had icy roads for nearly a week, I gave some advice to a woma...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Totally Useless Information (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishSorry. I mispelt his name. It's Mikael Mishka. (but you probably all knew that) Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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SNAFU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishPlenty! As Michael Quinion has observed more than once, words created from acroynyms are a relative...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Honker's (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishFor the benefit of those living in the USA I am in a position to tell you that Goose Island Brewery ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Different things to different people (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI suppose we should not be surprised about the somewhat puritanical attitude of some Americans when ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Totally Useless Information (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishOne of the interesting things about statements made in an authoritive manner and claimed to be facts...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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