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Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English Although there have been railways (and plateways - where the flange is on the rail, not the wheel) f...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Announcerese (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English"At a stand" is UK railway jargon for stopped. There is a mass of rail jargon and, as Wordnerd says,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishMaybe this US oversensitivity explains why rugger has never become a popular game in the USA. Richa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI suppose it's a commentary on the respective sizes of the USA and the UK that the twin villages of ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Lint (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard EnglishI learnt yesterday from an article in the "Radio Times" (arguably on of the UK's best written magazi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishOf all the multi-national megabrewers there are, so far as I am concerened Guinness is the only one ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Regional Insults (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIt is a strange fact that the Northerners (say north of Birmingham) are very concerned about what th...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishIn the UK a Company Secretary is a very exhalted position - right up there with the Managing Directo...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI haven't tried many Japanese beers but those I've tried are just identikit beers. Remember, in most...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI can claim to be the originator of a term that I have now seen used elsewhere - catapostrophe - an ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Irony (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishI drank some Texan beer once - at the Texas stand in the World Travel Market. The large man in a lar...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Quotations (in The Written Word) by Richard EnglishAnd the economist says that there is a danger of deflation so we'll devalue the glass by making it h...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishI forecast that both coins will come out shiny bright and both teeth will be little, if at all, chan...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishWell, there's the surprisingly persistent myth that Anheuser Busch and Millers brew beer and the ass...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Great e-mails (in Potpourri) by Richard EnglishNor do I. It tastes positively foul! Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishYou are correct. Real football can have any score from 0-0 upwards. Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard EnglishThis joke was made famous by Wilfrid Hyde White (the patient) and Hattie Jaques (the matron) in one ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Sounds (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishWe had an English master who, when the bell for the end of class rang, would swirl his gown around h...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishWhich means that of my two examples, tutee and coachee, the latter could be considered valid, since ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum
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Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard EnglishBut, Kalleh, which would you prefer to be? A mentee or a protégé? Richard English... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum | » Refine Search » New Search |
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