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Cabbages (in Potpourri) by BobHaleListening to the A Way With Words podcast I was surprised to hear reference to something my Dad used...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri And the opposite of “plan” is... (in Potpourri) by BobHaleActually what is the opposite of plan? I ask because Boris’s “living with Covid” plan is to get rid ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Improving on Lear (in Potpourri) by BobHaleEdward Lear was of course a wonderful composer of nonsense verse but let's face it, his limericks ar...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri What about a little consistency? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleHere is a message just posted on a FB group in my home town. I wonder why half the plurals are ok wh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Discount (in Potpourri) by BobHaleThanks to government policies lots of people in the Uk are facing huge rises in heating bills that t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Gotterdammerung (in The Written Word) by BobHale...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word The Colbert Questionnaire (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI don’t know if anyone here watches Colbert but he sometimes has a weird interview technique he call...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri QI (in Potpourri) by BobHaleThe latest episode of QI features a LOT of language related stuff. You can find it ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri From my favourite movies podcast (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAnother podcast that I listen to is the Kermode and Mayo film review podcast (which incorporates the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Remember the "zebra" controversy? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleThe few of you still around will certainly remember the furore on the board about the "Mr Ed was a Z...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Well !!! (in Potpourri) by BobHaleYou know those annoying ads that pop up during YouTube videos? I just had one guaranteeing "Perfect ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri I know we discussed it before but (in Potpourri) by BobHaleOver at that FB group that my old teacher started they are currently decrying the use of "due to" in...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Recipe (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI was looking for recipes for onion bhaji (I know how to make them, it couldn't be easier, but I wan...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Mx? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleOccurs to me that it could sound odd if the person was Scottish. "Let me introduce you to Mx McTavi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words The Apprentice (UK) is back! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleAnd it has its usual crop of seriously deluded, self-aggrandising competitors (which of course the s...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Nostalgia (in Potpourri) by BobHaleGoing through all those old posts has made me feel quite nostalgic. Of course this modern nostalgia ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Just call me Nostradamus (in Potpourri) by BobHaleHere's a post I made in April 2007. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri How appropriate (in Potpourri) by BobHaleIn one of my old posts there was a mention of the Discworld Librarian who is, as I am sure you know,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Sometimes singular "they" doesn't work (in Potpourri) by BobHaleWe have talked about the use of "they" as a singular pronoun many times and as I have often stated i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri An old joke but an apposite one (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI just saw a clip on YouTube of an American Senator saying people shouldn’t take the vaccine because...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri | » Refine Search » New Search |
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