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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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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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Textbook errors (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishQuote "...I see no evidence that businesses can run our universities better than academicians.... I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Here's another great olden tyme word for you, fie! ..." There are some wonderful words th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Gay is a nice short, non-medical word meaning homosexual. There is no other. It is a word...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Leadership vs. Jazz (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...Armstrong always travelled with a reel-to-reel tape recorder and dictated thousands of tap...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Words reflecting societal change (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMy objection to the hijacking of "gay" as meaning homosexual is a simple one. There is no exact sy...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...So, is the word "movie" never used in England? For example, do you have "home movies?..." ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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winkelhake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishAt school we had a brief spell of calling everyone "Tony" on the basis that we all owned that name. ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Pedicab (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishLast Tuesday I was in London, standing at the bottom of Shaftesbury avenue waiting for a bus, and sa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Is this an oxymoron? (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...BTW, I was intrigued by the chiefly British definition of "Loud, arrogant speech; bluster....... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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I've been wrong all my life! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishQuotes "... I always seem to type 'remember' as 'remeber'..." "...Nearly every time!I find myself t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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meritocracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishTo my mind the word "meritocracy" means people who have achieved their positions of eminence through...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Pedicab (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...but "quad" has already been pre-empted for one of four children born at once. ..." But wh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Senior Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...A light year is a unit of time..." I always understood it to be a unit of distance - the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pedicab (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishThere have been a few in London - though I haven't seen any recently so I don't know whether the ven...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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British regional accents (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishQuote "...More broadly, what characters from film and TV exemplify various regional accents?..." I'...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Senior Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI think I realised I was getting old when I stopped thinking of age as some eccentricity that old pe...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Senior Moment (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI believe I've had several senior moments - but I can't remember any of them.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Phrases from French (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishQuote "...I just meant a funny, upper-class English public schoolboy construction like Bertie Wooste...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum | » Refine Search » New Search |
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