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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: 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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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I didn't mean to imply that pauses are the only devices that good public speakers use. There are, of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Two Ive heard are "elephants" and "Brahms" Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I am forced to conclude that there are as many euphemisms for getting drunk as there are for matters......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Anything this recognizable should have a name (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
It's usually known as a hingepin Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "Once I realized that she was saying "like" in place of "said", I started counting. 17 times ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "I believe the 'real ale doesn't give you a hangover' story to be an urban myth" It is not, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It is true that most people in England drink chemical beers; this is a product of the aggressive mar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: In hono(u)r of Richard and Stan ... and beer ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
There is a similar word already - pixelated - which means to divide into pixels (as of a computerise......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Like, what do you, like, think of this.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
"Like" and other non-words are used in conversation because the tongue can work more rapidly than th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I didn't mean to imply that you didn't get drunk; I meant to say that you don't get ILL, which is a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
You would if it were proper beer; if it's anything like the average US chemical concoction then half......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dimples (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
My knowledge of beers and wines comes from study and practice, with the emphasis on practice...! In......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A foot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "I imagine the Europeans just say 157 centimeters and don't have to worry about the "feet" or......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dimples (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
The explanation about sediment and the help that the punt can give is quite correct. Another point t......
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