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Discussion Topic  RE: AEIOU (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "i" in fine is a dipthong since the word is (in UK English at least) pronounced rather like "fah......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "I leart how things are spelt". (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The "nt" construction is very common in UK English but not in US English. I do not know how the alte......
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Discussion Topic  RE: from today's newspaper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Aspirin, although originally a German brand name, is now used to denote any medicine made from acety......
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Discussion Topic  RE: from today's newspaper (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have a particular aversion to this and never use the expression "hoover" when I mean vacuum cleane......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's men with that lady from Salisbury - she acts in that way just to scalisbury! Since a bliceste......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Since nobody has commented upon my "deadly cuco." Limerick I have to assume that you all found it si......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "Indeed, I would further suggest that form and four are not actually rhymes" I know they're ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
At a series of drama classes I attended recently we were set the task of writing some poetry. I resp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I won a holiday to Greece some years ago when a travel company posted a very poor limerick and chall......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Malaprops? in Wordcraft? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Why not just call them Goldwynisms? Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The posting in the Rainbows thread prompted me to start a thread about that underrated verse form, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Malaprops? in Wordcraft? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
The Goldwyn examples you cite are not, strictly speaking, malapropisms. A malapropism (from the cha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Virgin birth (NOT from the tabloids) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "but it's generally accepted that sexual reproduction is better in conditions wherein competit......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Arnie's definitions are as I learnt them and I believe correct for UK English. The OED suggests tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I think it was Sir Malcom Sergeant who, when he heard John Cage's silent work, said that he hoped th......
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Poll  RE: Are you sure? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Are you speaking of US English or British English? The answers are different for each language. In......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I can't speak about US Law (or for that matter, Scottish or Northern Irish Law) but I do know that i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: anagrams (in Wordplay) by Richard English
A recent "buzz-theme" in the UK is "Performance-related pay". Or, as some of us might aver, "Mere e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I will research although I know, when I last tried, I couldn't find anything except the sites of mod......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Verbifying" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have already made this point elswhere - in English there are no nouns that cannot be verbed! Rich......
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