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| Signs of the times (in Potpourri) by BobHale I noticed two signs in Birmingham as I was walking to the station tonight which amused me for differ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Hell in a handbasket time again (in Potpourri) by BobHaleOver at the Mail it's that time of year again when we discover that education is being fundamentally...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri On the nature of advice (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI've been following with interest the ...... 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 BobHaleIt has been more widely reported. I chose an article more or less at random from the newspapers avai...... 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 BobHaleGood evening... er... good day... er... good afternoon... er hello! Apparently ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word British and American Humour (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI'm not sure that I agree with the conclusions here. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Double-glazing salesmen, and how to deal with them (in Potpourri) by BobHaleWhile I was typing my last post there was a knock at he door. It was a double glazing salesman. The...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A cross-threaded quiz (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs a shameless attempt to draw people into my thread on the Black Country dialect here's a little qu...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri ? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleA memo circulated to all staff from the canteen at my place of employment asks people who have borro...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri And how many is that, exactly? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleThe sign at the rapid checkout in my local supermarket reads "about twenty items or less". As I wait...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri An epicaricacy post ! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleOn her blog Kalleh mentions those TV shows that show real life police chasing and arresting, for exa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Limerick game - Fulking (in Wordplay) by BobHaleRemember that Bernard is often pronounced buh-NARD across the pond.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Technical talk (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI'm extremely dubious about the science there. Is it even possible to disolve enough gas in water to...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Not how I'd use the word "great" (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI went to get some money from the ATM this morning. Displayed on the ATM was the message - "Great Cu...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Limerick game - Fulking (in Wordplay) by BobHaleHow close do you want the rhymes? There are very few actual proper rhymes for "full" because of the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Future dilemmas (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI wonder if presenting the Nobel peace prize to President Obama was a cunning ploy so that if it is ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Are you with me? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAt a training event recently I was treated to five hours of shouting and haranguing from a trainer w...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Listening to experts (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI was listening to radio three today (a fairly highbrow Classical music station) and was struck by t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri adjectives, adjectives everywhere (in The Written Word) by BobHaleFrom my blog today Geoffrey Pullum at language log has a brace of posts demolishing the advice give...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word | » Refine Search » New Search |
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