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Brit speak anyone? (in Potpourri) by Richard English As I understand it, the original meaning of the term "bodger" is that of a maker of chairs - the tra...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Thanksgiving (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishThere is no editing facility on the FOTA board so we all have to live with our mistakes! Having sai...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Periods, commas, and whatnot... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMost Microsoft programs have their defaults set on the apparent assumption that nobody is capable of...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Periods, commas, and whatnot... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThis will be because you have set this as a preference in your spelling and grammar check options. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Thanksgiving (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishThe apostrophe is a perfectly simple puntuation mark - it's just a question of knowing the rules for...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Favorite words? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote. "...All they talk about in our Board meetings is 'drivel'"!..." Tell the Chair that if they...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Portmanteau words (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishSUVs are what? Is it some sort of utility vehicle, like a Jeep or Range Rover? If so, I am inclined...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Come ride with me (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIsn't it fascinating how we try so hard to prevent our children from making the same mistakes that w...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Pet peeves (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt is an unspoken concensus amongst apostrophe lovers that people who use the word "it's" as the pos...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Brit speak anyone? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn UK English "U" is usually pronounced as "yew" or "u" (as in "up"). "W" is pronouced as in "wick"....... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Besides insane..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI very much doubt it. There could be a word for a man who talks to himself, a woman who talks to he...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Gossip (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishAccording to the OED "gossip" did have an earlier meaning of Godparent, from the old English "godsib...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Queue call: "Can I help who's next?" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English"Clerk" in UK English, rhymes with "park", not with "perk". This is an eccentricity of pronunciati...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Are you an oldtimer? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn marketing terms there is a difference. A customer is a person or organisation that buys somethin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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License to play (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn the UK it's not possible to specify a particular combination of letters and numbers on a plate. H...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Are you an oldtimer? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishInterestingly Rolls-Royce fitted 8-track systems until around 1978 since they considered that they g...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Queue call: "Can I help who's next?" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishAnd even in jobs where the service is essentially clerical in nature (such as a travel agency) the e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Burning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishIn UK English the "nt" ending is a common and perfectly accurate alternative for the past tense of v...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Are you an oldtimer? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThe fairing is the plastic surround that streamlines modern motorcycles and keeps most of the wind a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Are you an oldtimer? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAnd for me, motorbikes with kick-starts and no fairing. 80 mph on a 1930 Rudge! Bliss! Richard Engl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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