Wordwizard

Aha. Malbec the great red hope of South America. Any wine that translate as bad beak or in French Canadien as bad kiss is sus.

WoZ who rarely drinks malbec

BonnieL wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:07 pm Thank you, Erik, for the link to The Work Detective. I've never read it before & I don't know how I missed it.

. Perhaps Bonnie it is because you aren't looking for work??

WoZ retired

Steve the use of unstable with reference to weather is a bigger term. Unstable weather refers to the atmospheric patterns that collide to cause major weather events. It is not used with local daily changes.

WoZ with his umbrella

Well one never ceases to come to know what one doesn't know. This particular word first came to my notice here in Aus when everyone was talking about the retiring baby boomers, many of whom were looking to downsize from the family home and move to smaller communities. These invariably were on the co...

I generally carryout my "mistleization" at Christmas and then lie in wait for unwary females.

WoZ waiting near doorways and such.

Bob my commiserations. I hope you didn't spill ALL the merlot.

WoZ drinking a Petrus 2005

Gay men don't lie. Maybe little fibs but not lies.

Amen.

Islay Single Malt I hope Bob.

That is how I have always understood language to be. This comes from my Linguistic studies, oh the foolish days of youth, and psych studies, even more foolish days, and personal observations. Counting is another good topic to observe the difference between cultures.

WoZ on the rise.

As the wee chick remarked, "Marmalade an egg."

WoZ with the Legions

Well there you go. You learn something all the time.

WoZ seated

In Aus we use an additional term, viz mono, as in the sentence, "He pulled a mono."

WoZ whose love life is mono

Steve the two things you speak of are entirely different to me. "I like drinking coffee with milk" >> For me this means coffee that has been made as drip filter or percolated or even instant but essentially as a water based coffee. Then a person adds the amount of milk that they require from a dribb...

Steve I would use the would tangy or tart , Both of these words encompass an acidic feel in the mouth. Depending upon the individual it can be unpleasant. This is often offset in fruit salads by the inclusion of a sweeter fruit, eg mango. On medical and other matters you can't put pineapple in a jel...