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Discussion Topic  RE: Where do you park your car? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
UK English tends to stress the first syllable of two-syllable words so it's usually GA-rage. Whether......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From today's news (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although the term "motorised glider" might be considered oxymoronic, there is a reason for it. It i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catchy company mottos (in Potpourri) by Richard English
And do I really want to go to the "Furniture and Hosiery Capital of the World"? Even if it were tr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although I don't have access to a copy I'd be willing to bet that the CMOS is correct in what it say......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catchy company mottos (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The newish Banks's pub at Fiveways, Birmingham used to be called the "Unspoilt by Progess" if my mem......
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Discussion Topic  Catchy company mottos (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I have today been browsing the Web since I have been unable to get in touch with any of my customers......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plethora (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
In fact, my point was not about the meaning of the word, simply as to whether is was a singular or p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
This is an example of the unnecessary conversion of a noun to a verb. What they meant is that they a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Whereas we could perhaps agree that we all think that some words are intrinsically less attractive t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Plethora (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have always understood that plethora (meaning an abundance) is usually used as a singular. "...The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As I have said many times previously, it matters not how the word ends, the rule for creating a pass......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
A hundred years ago London was the World's largest city and its huge population used coal fires as a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Although it is, indeed, a back formation from liason, OED is quite happy with the word liase and it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I said in my posting, most gardens in England have compost heaps. The challenge is, of course, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have already posted this elsewhere but will repeat it here for the benefit of those who are perhap......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Yes, Rhubard fool is common enough here. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
In the UK the term manure is usually used to describe fertiliser of animal origin (stable sweepings,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, Robbie Burns, being a Scot, used many of the old Gaelic words which would have been unkno......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Forgive me. I had forgotten that you don't use spanners in the USA - you use wrenches! In England we......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rainbows.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I would assume so - although I'm surprised that London was not the first recipient, considering how ......
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