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Fun Pronunciations (in Potpourri) by BobHaleOne of my English teacher colleagues always pronounces pronunciation as pronOUNCiation.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Signs of the times (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI 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
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Great e-mails #2a (in The Written Word) by BobHaleYou've just done ten minutes of Jimmy Carr's act. I hope you paid the royalties. He's actually been...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Great e-mails #2a (in The Written Word) by BobHaleHmm. When can we elect a surrealist government?... 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 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 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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