Wordwizard

I have always called them, "A waste of money".

A friend of mine in Spain and makes a living translating Spanish and French. She received this email which proves beyond doubt that relying on machine translation is not wise. A sentiment with which I am sure that Erik and Phil wholeheartedly agree... even without seeing this little gem. Dear Sir/Ma...

I spent almost 30 years pf my working life in the Shipping industry, and I always quote the Chief Docks Foreman of Swansea Docks, Sid Osborne, when it comes to this argument. "A boat goes on the boat deck; a ship goes on the sea". (Except submarines of course!)

Try drinking flour mixed with cold water. That flavour is bland... nothing. In other words, it has nothing going for it whatsoever apart from the fact that it is a liquid and will satisfy a thirst. Although it does it without giving pleasure. The pub sells beer, but there is no atmosphere in the pla...

All three look reasonable to me.

According to Google, it is the Inceptional Ridges of Hawaii.

Neither 1 or 2 are saying what you think that they are saying.
The line you are looking for is surely, "That is too scary a story to read to a child".
The other version would be along the lines of...
"That's a scary story you can read to a child".

I seem to remember people having a "quiet wedding" as opposed to a "white wedding". I have no idea if youngsters still use the terms.

This is the tidal causeway from Rhossili to Worms Head on the Gower Peninsular not too far from where I live.
As you can see at high tide the causeway is completely submerged. It is not unknown for visitors to get stuck overnight.

I would call it a causeway.
"At low tide you can walk to the island on the causeway".

Once upon a time a man was shipwrecked alone except for a pig and a dog on a desert island. After a while they were quite comfortable and able to take some time to relax. One of their favourite times of the day was the amazing sunsets which they watched from the beach. On one such evening the man fe...

Stay well everyone.
It isn't easy staying at home, relying on people to run messages, but it is essential if you are that sort of age like my wife and I.

So did I, Phil, so did I.
I raised a glass to St Piran on the 5th March as well.

Just in case anyone gets confused reading this in the future:
Storey - UK English
Story - American English.

In the UK "story" only means a tale.

I am sorry that I haven't replied earlier, I have been away.
Thank you for remembering, and Phil, Gobeithio eich llyswennod yn ddiwrnod da hefyd.
In answer to your question Paul. I wear both, I made this ceramic brooch myself.