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| THAT style guide from the other thread (in Potpourri) by BobHale As I said elsewhere I have been rereading Bill Bryson's style guide Troublesome Words. It's a bit of...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri And the winner is... (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIt's exam marking time again. The topic is writing a letter for a job application. One student's at...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Sound-effect-as-word (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIn another thread there is mention of the "use/mention" or "word-as-word" distinction. I observed a ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Headline (in The Written Word) by BobHaleLoved this headline in the Sun today, one of our tabloids. UNI BOFFIN QUIZZED ON CROSSBOW CANNIBAL ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Bluffing Game: contumulation (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI sent one a couple of days ago. Did you get it?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RIP Martin Gardner (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs such a lifelong fan of Alice In Wonderland I cannot allow to pass unmentioned the news that Marti...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri It can make a difference (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI'm normally a bit of a critic of arbitrary pronouncements on how to phrase or punctuate restrictiv...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Cross-threading? Nonsense! (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIn another thread Kalleh says that "piffle" was one of her dad's favourite words. I wonder why we ha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri UK Elections (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI just wondered how the recent political events over here in the UK have been covered over there in ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Arkell vs Pressdram (in Potpourri) by BobHaleJust encountered for the first time (via the splendid legal blogging of ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by BobHaleFascinating article Geoff. I hadn't realised that Canada was quite that restrictive about its biling...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word "No word for" meme reaches dizzying new heights (in Potpourri) by BobHaleA documentary on TV about doing business in foreign countries has just had someone say, "The word fo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A strong minute (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleI've just seen an interview with the fine American comedian Reginald D. Hunter in which he several t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words I really need the answer to be "Yes"... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale... for a poem I'm writing. In American English can doggerel rhyme with inaugural?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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World's WORST jokes (part one) (in Wordplay) by BobHaleWarum nennt man Canada, Canada? Weil es gibt keine da.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Coming Home (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs you probably all know the British airports were opened yesterday after six days closed. The first...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Fluffy Liquid Loveliness (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAnother current advertising campaign has me scratching my head. A fit and healthy looking young man...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Poor timing (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI also watched the first ever televised debate between the party leaders in the UK last night. For o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Bluffing game: puku (in Wordplay) by BobHaleI'll try 5... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Reversos (in The Written Word) by BobHaleOne of the joys of poetry comes when I discover a new form that I haven't seen before. Such was the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word | » Refine Search » New Search |
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