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- Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:49 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Dying words
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4118
Re: Dying words
Bob, you beat me to the punch on that one (we get up 8 hours after you). I had just read the article on the BBC web site and was about to respond when I saw your post. They must have edited it in the meantime as in my version he is referred to as an evolutionary biologist. Anyway, the first 'Chinese...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:42 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Oprah Winfrey
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3390
Re: Oprah Winfrey
But as the lady said, "When I'm bad I'm very good."
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:57 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Oprah Winfrey
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3390
Oprah Winfrey
It seems that the talk show host Oprah Winfrey has made arrangements, that after her death she will be enshrined in a mausoleum on the grounds of Graceland. To direct the adoring masses, at the entrance there will be a sign saying 'This way to the fan tomb of the Oprah'
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:45 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Sausage
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4453
Re: Sausage
And all this time I thought they were Bangers.
In the US, black pudding is called blood sausage-luverly grub. Never seen the white kind. Pray tell, of what is it composed?
In the US, black pudding is called blood sausage-luverly grub. Never seen the white kind. Pray tell, of what is it composed?
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:32 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Apostrophe catastrophe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5220
Re: Apostrophe catastrophe
So Erik, what happens if you already have a Gardener's way and a Gardeners Way? would not that necessitate a change in pronounciation? For example, in London there is a King's Cross Station which is also spelled without the apostrophe in some signage and timetables. Until it was pointed out to me I ...
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:09 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Apostrophe catastrophe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5220
Re: Apostrophe catastrophe
I have a suggestion that might satisfy both camps and also eliminate any confusion. Why not just drop the 's' altogether. Saint Paul Square, Acock Green, King Road etc. That would make the councillors of Birmingham happy and remove the confusion of the people. Although I am still wondering why the u...
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:31 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Apostrophe catastrophe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5220
Apostrophe catastrophe
I picked up this item in my local paper and wondered what was really going on. Is it a symptom of poor education, bureaucratic meddling or just plain laziness?
http://tinyurl.com/aqq67p
http://tinyurl.com/aqq67p
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:18 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Funny Place Names
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14673
Re: Funny Place Names
There is a place in Alberta, Canada called 'Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.'
Explanation follows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-Smash ... ffalo_Jump
Explanation follows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-Smash ... ffalo_Jump
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:50 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: marmelise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4250
Re: marmelise
I note that Ken spells the word with a Z not an S.
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:50 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: another kick at the can / another kick at the cat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11542
Re: another kick at the can / another kick at the cat
Shelley, We always kicked the dog and blamed it when we dropped a floating air biscuit.
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:25 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: the penny dropped
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5752
Re: the penny dropped
To finally see the light, so to speak, or to be slow on the uptake is to hear the penny drop. . This is an expression that comes from my childhood way way back in pre-decimalisation times when a penny was 1/240th. of a Pound. Ken and others have researched it thoroughly but missed the latest example...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:52 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Dubai
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2857
Re: Dubai
That clink you heard, followed by a groan, was the penny finally dropping.
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:48 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Church bulletins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2482
Re: Church bulletins
Great stuff Erik,
Those reminded me of one bulletin that we saw while traveling through Alabama.
'A talk will be given on ensuring your path to Heaven. Tickets $5 per person'.
Those reminded me of one bulletin that we saw while traveling through Alabama.
'A talk will be given on ensuring your path to Heaven. Tickets $5 per person'.
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:47 am
- Forum: Oh, and have you read...?
- Topic: Reading the OED
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8171
Re: Reading the OED
Just got the book WoZ, and am wading happily through it. I am wondering if he will refer to the surgeon of Crowthorne.
As an aside, I was looking at the caretaker job for Hamilton Island but the web site had overloaded and crashed. At $A150,000 it sounds too good to be true but apparently isn't.
As an aside, I was looking at the caretaker job for Hamilton Island but the web site had overloaded and crashed. At $A150,000 it sounds too good to be true but apparently isn't.
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:32 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: "busing" tables
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14692
Re: "busing" tables
Hardly subtle Harry, my head still hertz from your comment on buss bars.