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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I understand that Shlitz "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" achieved this distinction because it ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Sadly, CJ, it is not. It is to be somewhere where the beer is even better than that in Chicago! Ric......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This simply means that more and more people are prepared to accept this particular form of English w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Dactyls again (in The Written Word) by Richard English
As I have said previously, there can be no rights or wrongs about pronunciation, only differences. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The use of the verb "mind" to mean "be careful about" is very common in UK English. I had assumed th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
True. But it is certainly one of the world's oldest ones... Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Indeed. But the warning is a specific one. At certain stations, where the track is curved (and this ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Two points. The "train station floor" is called the platform. It is common to all British railway s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote '..."When I was a kid, we'd cut pictures of turkey out of magazines and eat them for hanksgivi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from the Comic Strips (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I learnt yesterday that the famous Beano comic strip character, Dennis the Menace, was created that ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: English as she is writ by UK stylists of note (in The Written Word) by Richard English
It is a common US device to refer to The Times as such in order that is not confused with the, clear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Castillian would be better although I was simply speaking of the area of Catalonia, not of the langu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Remember, the Spanish you will hear in the USA is South American Spanish and is pronounced different......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from the Comic Strips (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
It was also the name given to the famous WW2 Wellington bomber (designed by Barnes Wallis of Dambust......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Primogeniture (where all the belongings and title passed to the oldest son) was customary in England......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...I do disagree with you that the baby isn't a twin until a second is born...." On this top......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
I can't think of an example. Indeed, I believe that one characteristic pf French is how the "r" is r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I have never seen the film, nor indeed heard of it. So tell me, please, what is the crazy characteri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would probably not use the precise expression "...Have a good day, gentlemen...", simply because w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gender Question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I would only say it to an all male group! If it were an all-female group then I'd say "Have a good......
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