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repair to the dining room... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English It's used still in England by old-fashioned or pedantic people (which is why I sometimes use it). I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishCentrally, mentally Those from the Black Country Do love our language That much is clear. One thing...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishUn? In? I'm not sure and am happy to be corrected. Exgratiate is a made up word - supposed to be th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishFurrily, purrily Cat from the Black Country Stands up for women As surely she should. We male exgra...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Now, what's the betting that 90% of the women here instantly get it, while a similar numbe...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishClanishly, manishly Unknowing masculines Struggle in vain Just to understand dames Misunderstanding...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Catch phrases (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn the OEDILF there has been some comment about "vulgar" words in Limericks and both CJ and exarp su...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishOne of the problems with this survey is that it used multiple-choice questions. Inevitably, if you p...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Richard, just think of IPA as my real ale campaign. Why would anybody want to use some ers...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...IPA and SAMPA are fine but by their nature they HAVE to be explained in person, it simply ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Apostrophe question (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIf the name of the entity is "The Council of Learned Journals" then the possessive (which is unlikel...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...There's really no rational reason why anybody gives two hoots about how words are pronounc...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishAs I have posted elsewhere, you can hear how an American should pronounce the word here. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Oxonian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI did a lot of research on this when I compiled my World Travel Dictionary and could find no rules a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...The strange use of capitalisation adds to the confusion..." Maybe it makes the matter cle...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...However, I heard a number of people pronounce 'schadenfreude' with a long "a." In fact, un...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Punctuation (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishWrite back and say, "...I sorry, who is this employee and what's his or her coffee supposed to have ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn spite of the many pages of learned discussion devotes to this topic and the very good claims that...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishAnd welcome from me, too. It's good to see that the Midland Mensans, like the southern Mensans, are...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Entymology (not 'etymology') (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishOur climate doesn't lend itself to poisonous creepy crawlies, it seems. We have only one highly po...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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