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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I meant that the expression "state of play" means "how are things at the moment". "State of the art"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New Special Words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...One of my colleagues was describing a fellow colleague to me (the latter wears short skirt......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language development (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Sounds to me to be a classic case of "BBB". Don't believe a word the man says; there is far more e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New Special Words (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Canoodle is not uncommon in UK English, though it's probably rather an old-fashioned term these days......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...workers are going about their business, but when they are watched, they perform higher..."......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Well, as you no know, it's very different from "state of the art"! It simply means "how are things a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...The whole story was applied to medical facilities; if they think they are being serveilled......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Most I think would agree that there's a difference between survey as a noun and surveillan......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It seems a bit pointless to me. What's wrong with "surveyed"?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It's a sporting reference, the state of play meaning the current situation in a cricket match. Remem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Panopticon Effect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Next time I'm in Chicago you must show me where the Western Electric Hawthorne works are (or used to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Italian: dropping the final vowel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or even, "Los otro(s) si; Yo, no"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: When is alternate spelling accepted? (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Let's say that no alternative spellings are ever accepted. Then we can get rid of transatlantic miss......
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Discussion Topic  Spelling (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
On OEDILF the question has arisen about creating plurals of parts of speech. I wanted to refer to se......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Just put on an English accent and nobody will know...!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Son of Double Dactyls (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Quote "...(Any PJWodehouse devotes here? Remember Bertie Wooster? That's the more usual spelling, vi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms of International Relations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...*A number of writers (exampls below) state that "illegal combatant" is merely a term conve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: discomfort quotation marks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...They, like Word, tend to be sticklers on 'which' and 'that.'..." Probably because they us......
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Discussion Topic  RE: discomfort quotation marks (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...Full stop to end the idea in the brackets, question mark to end the question. I confess th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Pronoun of Indefinite Gender (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...Didn't realize that the English invented PC, too. Darn, we Yanks ain't invented nuffin .........
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