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Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHaleMy score is artificially inflated by the fact that here in China texting is my primary means of comm...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHaleApparently it refers to people who came of age at or about the millennium. Or alternatively people ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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food poems? (in The Written Word) by BobHaleHave one of mine In Ecuador I've eaten ants straight from a log In China I was served with a frica...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI've only ever heard TOR-chur... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri They got away with THAT? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleWatching last week's episode of Psych I couldn't believe what I was hearing. A dead woman has been ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri The Amateur Grammarian (in The Written Word) by BobHale...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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The new and the old... (in The Written Word) by BobHaleThough it's probably only obvious to linguists ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word 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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Etymology Game: flabbergast (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI'll post the couple I have tomorrow as I'm going to be away for a week from Friday.... 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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Etymology Game: flabbergast (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI don't know why this game never works but it never works. So far I have p[recisely three entries f...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Etymology Game: flabbergast (in Wordplay) by BobHaleThanks Geoff. I'm hoping this way of playing the game, where imaginations can roam free and linguist...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay | » Refine Search » New Search |
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