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- Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:17 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: The wearing of masks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4762
Re: The wearing of masks
Margaret and I went to a garden centre today. Mask wearing is not compulsory in Wales, but we were both covered up. There was a woman our sort of age dithering at the entrance. She moved and backed off. I smiled at her and realised that she couldn't see the smile, so I merrily told her that I was sm...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:38 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Keep up with
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2678
Re: Keep up with
I have heard both used and both are correct.
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: open
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3754
Re: open
Does 'to open a shirt' mean to unbutton it? Yes Does 'to close a shirt' mean to button it up? Not an expression I have ever heard If a man's shirt is unbuttoned and he pulls the two sides further apart, exposing his chest, how would one describe what he does? Does he open his shirt? Does he open it ...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Bank on it
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4797
Bank on it
A bloke outside the pub told me that he was heavily overdrawn at the bank and they kept phoning him.
He said that he wished that they would just leave him a loan.
He said that he wished that they would just leave him a loan.
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:56 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Sand?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5562
Re: Sand?
But, isn't the German word for "sand"... "Sand"?
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:54 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Kitchen thing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4731
Re: Kitchen thing
We would call them oven gloves in the UK.
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:05 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Makeup
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4165
Re: Makeup
"Putting" is more colloquial.
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: possessive
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3086
Re: possessive
1. But I would have used some commas.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:25 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: No boundaries
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3077
Re: No boundaries
Neither Steve, both are perfect.
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:40 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Unusual clothes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3425
Re: Unusual clothes
I would call it bloody ridiculous!
- Sun May 31, 2020 7:25 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Diaper
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3987
Re: Diaper
I think it means, "Go away and get yourself cleaned up". In other words, "Come back when you are fresh".
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It may be worth mentioning that "diaper" is a word that is never used in the UK. A baby wears a nappy here.
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It may be worth mentioning that "diaper" is a word that is never used in the UK. A baby wears a nappy here.
- Wed May 27, 2020 10:44 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Go for
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4965
Re: Go for
Bugger that! I retired 8 years ago and when I locked my office for the last time,
I swore that I would never enter one again and sit that side of the desk.
This retirement business is the best job I ever had. I do miss bank holidays though.
I swore that I would never enter one again and sit that side of the desk.
This retirement business is the best job I ever had. I do miss bank holidays though.
- Wed May 27, 2020 10:35 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: ordered them to
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3816
Re: ordered them to
I am not happy with either of those.
- Wed May 27, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: France or Argentina
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3415
Re: France or Argentina
They all look fine to me.
- Wed May 27, 2020 8:53 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: analphyxia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5050
Re: analphyxia
That sounds sensible to me.