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Discussion Topic  RE: Newspaper articles of interest (in The Written Word) by Quentin Letts
The Guild of Parliamentary Sketchwriters (headquarters: Metaphor Hall, Vituperation Street, London, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newspaper articles of interest (in The Written Word) by Quentin Letts
Arnie is right to say that this expenses scandal is hitting all the main parties. It's the whole sti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Right Honorable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
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Discussion Topic  RE: Right Honorable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
A backbencher is a member of Parliament who is not a minister (ministers are "frontbenchers" because......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Right Honorable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
In Britain "Right Hon" indicates that someone is a member of the Privy Council (a smallish group, co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A "Jonah" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
Dear "Shufitz", I did receive an email and sent a reply. If you did not receive it please let me kno......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fun Pronunciations (in Potpourri) by Quentin Letts
A few years ago a Daily Telegraph colleague with a pukka English accent was being interviewed live b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Buggering up Britain (in The Written Word) by Quentin Letts
Dear Arnie, 1. You are right. I am not good at maths. I once managed to score 4% in an exam. That i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are newspapers now "viewspapers"? (in The Written Word) by Quentin Letts
First, a couple of political points. Blair used the Press remorselessly, not least when he was in Op......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New word: "viewspaper" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
Mr Blair did not himself invent "viewspaper". It first appeared, as far as I know, in a British adve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Expiry (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
I'm English and I don't like "expiry date" or "expiration". Why not just "expires" instead? Or "unti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronouncing the "T" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
Alveolar Flapping? Sounds like the manager of a Swedish football team. Anyway, it is becoming more c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Actors and Actresses (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
Priestess is infinitely preferable to "woman priest". At least when the politically correct brigade ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THREADS (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Quentin Letts
I have known men's "smalls" - or, to be more precise, the "smalls" of English prep school boys - ref......
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