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Captcha (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI always have trouble with those Captcha-style word verification systems. You know the ones where yo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Teenspeak (in Potpourri) by BobHaleDialect Blog has an article on local pronunciations of ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Nonsense that won't die (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI'm a bit amused by a trend I've noticed recently with regard to the old "X words for snow" nonsense...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word A good old-fashioned grammar question. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleIt's an old question which, in a private lesson on Sunday, threw up a wrinkle that I couldn't give a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Bluffing game: Mongo (in Wordplay) by BobHaleNo the faintest idea. I shall try 8 and see if I'm right in a week.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limerick Game: GUAM (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI agree Guam and gum aren't close but if you check I was saying that I accepted any pronunciation of...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limerick Game: GUAM (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI don't focus just on the rhyming but it has to be close and to British ears most of those jusat are...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limerick Game: GUAM (in Wordplay) by BobHaleOh, we know that they rhyme in much of America. It's just that they aren't even close to British ear...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limerick Game: GUAM (in Wordplay) by BobHaleOK I voted for 1 because although I wouldn't have thought of rhyming Guam with them gum and bum rh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limerick Game: GUAM (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI'll go through in detail when the voting is finished as I don't want to say which one(s) I wrote at...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Limerick Game: GUAM (in Wordplay) by BobHaleOK when voting I started by eliminating my own. Then, while I accept that pronunciation is regional,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Bluffing game: Mongo (in Wordplay) by BobHaleShould have mine now - so why don't I have your etymology entry?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Etymology Game: flabbergast (in Wordplay) by BobHaleOK – I'll give this etymology game one more go but I'm changing the rules we play by. The word for ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Etymology Game: aftermath (in Wordplay) by BobHaleAs my special award I'm going to create the next round...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay 35 Days (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI have stalled on my poetry writing recently so I am doings a new project 35 days – 35 poems. To th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Etymology Game: aftermath (in Wordplay) by BobHaleAnd when you do I have another one ready to go with slightly different rules (I always work to "my g...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Is an ampersand a word? (in The Written Word) by BobHaleSo if I write "There are seven words in this sentence." you would agree but if I write "There are...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Etymology Game: aftermath (in Wordplay) by BobHaleGuess which one was mine, go on guess. <jumps up and down> I'll guess 4 though I'd really rat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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redefinitions (in Word Games) by BobHale...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Word Games exsangui(n)ous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleI have a limerick over at the OEDILF on the word "exsanguinous" (drained of blood) and after a few m...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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