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RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...Funny, his crimes harmed the whole nation, and he spent not one day in jail..." It's stra...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Vive la difference! (in Potpourri) by Richard English I has been my own experience that men are far more likely to notice what women are not wearing than ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Sic (in Potpourri) by Richard English World Wide Words has a feature in which it quotes passages which are amusing because of unintended d...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English Brilliant, or its abbreviation, "brill" was very common when I was a lad. Like most youth slang it s...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by Richard English I have just seen a saying by Thomas Carlyle that was new to me but which I felt is just so, so true....... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English In the UK a Stein is a different thing. That's a German drinking vessel, typically made from earthen...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...I remember Richard once telling me that he would have to live where there was good beer. W...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Baseball words in England (in Potpourri) by Richard English Never heard of any one of them! Seems like you've bowled us a googly there, Wordnerd.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Help! I need a word! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English We used to have a thing here called "work to rule" - which meant really a policy of non-cooperation....... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...They even brought these slice holders to put it in (name for them?), ..." They're called ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...Just the experience of going to a game in the "friendly confines" of Wrigley Field, drinki...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English Two points: Quote "...Search amazon.com for the number of books found by inputting 'Michael Jordan'...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English Footballers, cricketers Sports personalities Everywhere overpaid Everywhere known Ultra-determinedl...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English As I said, the quote was Michael Moore's not mine. And my suspicion (and it is only that) was based...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English The quote was Michael Moore's not mine. And whereas I agree with your observation about the averag...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Camp (in Potpourri) by Richard English Well, Susan Sontag certainly makes a meal of that! I had always understood Camp to be the slightly ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English In his book "Stupid White Man" Michael Moore makes the point (and I paraphrase) that if the average ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...Richard, you seem to be thinking of Jordan as some run-of-the-mill American basketball pla...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...Richard, can you, arnie and Graham honestly say that you've never heard of Michael Jordan?...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English Quote "...And yet Michael Jordon, as least when he was still actively playing, was or is three times...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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