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Discussion Topic  RE: F-word etymology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I know I'm missing some things, but you get the idea. Richard, good libraries have evolved......
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Discussion Topic  RE: F-word etymology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...What! My library has music and videos. Books, too, of course? Yours does have books, doesn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lame (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Good though the thought is the rhyme is suspect. I never got to workshop this one; had I done so the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lame (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Or even, "...It's a shame that his aim is so lame..."...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I have never heard of "pocket borough" although we do use "safe seat". A "rotten borough" was one w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The hunting issue is one that arouses fierce passions and I will not add fuel to the fire. I have sa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Indeed it does. But it says that "Brit" (no full stop) is an informal term for a British person. The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prognostication (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Samuel Insull, of course, spent most of his life in Chicago and was very much involved with the "El"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "... think people knew very well what both this poll and CJ's first poll were all about. They ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Richard, I think the very same data would have been obtained (in any of the polls) no matt......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I mean, these were forum polls. These aren't going to direct science or social policy..." ......
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Discussion Topic  Beer cocktails (in The Written Word) by Richard English
There are many cocktails made with all sorts of exotic names. But in the UK (and maybe elsewhere for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: F-word etymology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have heard young girls use the word in the same way as young men do. That, and their propensity ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Absolutely, yes, certainly, no question about it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
When I had an eposode of email crashes I took to composing my postings in Word and then copying and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ellipses (in Potpourri) by Richard English
As I understand it, M dashes should ideally be paranthetical whereas elipses don't need to be. Howev......
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Poll  RE: "How many syllables" revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
As has been said many times previously, humour does not always cross borders and this seems especial......
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Poll  RE: "How many syllables" revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Like most multiple choice polls, this is more about the pollster than the polled. My choi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Of course, they've never had any beer in Arizona either - thay have to drink Budweiser. (That's an ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Out of the Mouths of Babes... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...Funny, I had always thought Alexander Graham Bell to be American ..." Bell was a Scotsma......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Out of the Mouths of Babes... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I dount there's a single device, idea or invention that can be considered 100% new. It depends on ho......
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