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I'm a literalist... (in Potpourri) by Richard English Simply to be awkward I ferquently treat teenage slang expressions literally. The current favourite,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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By the numbers (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishYes, I have ridden a trike of probably the most precarious type. I used to have a 1935 Rudge Special...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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By the numbers (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishThe expression "quadricycle" (abbreviation "quad") is perfectly correct and this kind of vehicle was...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Less and Fewer - a new slant in "The Times" (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishAn article recently appeared in The Times whose author was trying to make the point that the disctin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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"I leart how things are spelt". (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishThe "nt" construction is very common in UK English but not in US English. I do not know how the alte...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt's men with that lady from Salisbury - she acts in that way just to scalisbury! Since a bliceste...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishSince nobody has commented upon my "deadly cuco." Limerick I have to assume that you all found it si...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "Indeed, I would further suggest that form and four are not actually rhymes" I know they're ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAt a series of drama classes I attended recently we were set the task of writing some poetry. I resp...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI won a holiday to Greece some years ago when a travel company posted a very poor limerick and chall...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Malaprops? in Wordcraft? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishWhy not just call them Goldwynisms? Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Limericks (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThe posting in the Rainbows thread prompted me to start a thread about that underrated verse form, t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Malaprops? in Wordcraft? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishThe Goldwyn examples you cite are not, strictly speaking, malapropisms. A malapropism (from the cha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Virgin birth (NOT from the tabloids) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishQuote "but it's generally accepted that sexual reproduction is better in conditions wherein competit...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI think it was Sir Malcom Sergeant who, when he heard John Cage's silent work, said that he hoped th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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More about copyright. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI can't speak about US Law (or for that matter, Scottish or Northern Irish Law) but I do know that i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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anagrams (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishA recent "buzz-theme" in the UK is "Performance-related pay". Or, as some of us might aver, "Mere e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishCommon, but usually incorrect and permissable only when needed to avoid ambiguity as in my "U's; US;...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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I'm Scared! (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThis has been discussed at great length on the FOTA board and the usual bugbear is the apostrophe's ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI will research although I know, when I last tried, I couldn't find anything except the sites of mod...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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