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RE: Been through the mill (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jo thank you, Richard. It was the Goon Show. We used to listen to it every Sunday morning, Morgan and I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words The Guardian and Apostroflies (in Potpourri) by jo There is a marvelous article in this morning's Guardian on-line -- ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Been through the mill (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jo Arthur English! How marvelous... Maybe all you Anglophiles can help me with a memory problem... T...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Broken window theory (in Potpourri) by jo Kalleh, I never meant that there wouldn't be improvements by attending to neglected communities. The...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Broken window theory (in Potpourri) by jo I've been biting my virtual tongue on this, but now I must chime in. Yes, bandaid social responsibil...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: THANKSGIVING SAYSINGS: ADULT (in Wordplay) by jo Asa, didn't you know? bcorn is what the crops are in Iowa, as in "They be corn soon." ccorn is wha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay THANKSGIVING SAYSINGS: ADULT (in Wordplay) by jo Okay, so the devil made me do it. Lest you all think that I've taken up permanent residence in Prude...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RE: Been through the mill (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jo In my experience it means being used up, worn out, generally because of a real trial or hard work or...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Lame (in The Written Word) by jo Especially in Europe, the Rom were associated with traveling carnivals. Dancing bears were a major a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word RE: Lame (in The Written Word) by jo It matters not how he is seeing the meter. that is not proper limerick meter. One of the reasons I d...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word RE: Illiteracy and Prison (in Potpourri) by jo I believe it was CW who inquired if perhaps the problem was not illiteracy, but that illiteracy was ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: TELL ME A STORY (in Wordplay) by jo It was unsettling enough flying about on a lion, visiting people she didn't know. But the woman just...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RE: Lame (in The Written Word) by jo The last line has too many syllables. If it is going to be used at all, it should be Then went to f...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word RE: Bluffing game: Nimmer (in Wordplay) by jo No. 1 for me...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RE: TELL ME A STORY (in Wordplay) by jo sorry... been really sick.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RE: SHIBBOLETH (in Potpourri) by jo what is the correct pronunciation?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri SHIBBOLETH (in Potpourri) by jo We linguists use "shibboleth" as a way of defining a usage group or a pronunciation group. Actually ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jo This may seem incredibly simplistic, but why can't they just call them student nurses? Or nursing st...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: No Potty Mouths (in Potpourri) by jo My husband looked at NFBSK and said, looks like Enuf Biscuits to me. I nearly caused a spray of morn...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Apprenticeships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jo could you translate please?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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