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Discussion Topic  RE: Mayflower English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
It is my impression that the greatest changes have taken place in southern English, presumably under......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Question and a Quote (in The Written Word) by Richard English
As an ex-British schoolboy may I say that we were all sorts of monstrous things but stuffy? Not in a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Richard English
Yes. He'll be in his element there. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are we still human? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Forgive my ignorance but I thought that DDT had been universally banned many years ago. Indeed, I r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I shall be writing a letter. (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I wish you luck, Bob, with your letter. In my experience the otherwise excellent BBC is probably jus......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences: article in The Economist (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Missionary zeal. That's a very good analogy. The USA has taken on the mantle that the British had ar......
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Discussion Topic  A sorry tale (in The Written Word) by Richard English
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) recently held its annual Convention in Palma. A disg......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
We would use notion to express an idea or concept, often one that is maybe disputable. . For example......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Iterative (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
So far as I know there is no difference in the meanings. And the grammatical expression "frequenti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The London Beer Flood of 1814 (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is completely true. The Friary brewery was in Guildford and Meux were in London. They did merge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: More favorite words.... (in Potpourri) by Richard English
My wife made some flummery once. It was very nice. Richard English...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Had it not been for the alternative word for start, we would not have had Stanley Holloway's wonderf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Desking (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I'd never thought about it before now, but don't we sometimes talk about gentlemen's suiting? Richa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
This is a brewery-backed organisation whose stated aim is to improve standards of beer storage and d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Interesting that the poster on the pirates site suggested that "it's" was used wrongly as a plural w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The latest apostrophe abuse ! (in Potpourri) by Richard English
On the word pirates site there is a posting that criticises the expression "It's raining outside" or......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unpaid merchandise (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or of course you could exchew the use of the passive voice altogether and say something like, "...pl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (in Potpourri) by Richard English
I can't comment on their origin but expression "the 3 Rs" has been current here for as long as I can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
I quite agree. And I used a bottle of it (or to be precise, on of its clones that I was left with at......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, continued (in The Written Word) by Richard English
An accurate and nicely contrived pun. All those who drink Budweiser are definitely sad. Richard En......
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