Wordwizard

Bob, you may not know it, but we discussed the subject of the language settings of Microsoft Word at length (not to say ad nauseam ) in the topic http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?t=7405. In that thread I suggested ways in which the phenomenon you describe could be avoided. Since then I...

From reviewing a variety of opinions, to me it seems evident that until our English-speaking societies are able to agree on the social and/or legal status of the individual members of unmarried couples (whether gay or straight), the question of which term to use mainly depends on personal preference...

Yes, where is Leif these days?

In another thread Phil White revealed that the mnemonic "The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides" for memorising Pythagoras' Theorem, "The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sums of the squares on the other two sides," failed to be memorable, alt...

This is a day that will live in infinity.

The fifth.

Dale, 'Nineteen' was from 20 years ago. Does that count for nothing?

I nominate 57/1.

I think John only meant that the graphical effects (speed lines etc.) are familiar to all readers of cartoon strips, not that the jargon terms describing them are known to everyone.

Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. (31 letters.)

Though you don't have a German keyboard installed, Dale, the Word keyboard shortcuts which can be seen at Insert > Symbol should still work. They are Ctrl+`" for “ and Ctrl+'" for ” (note that you must hold the Ctrl key down without releasing it as you type in each two-punctuation-character sequence...

Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary gives a date of 1680-90 for 'bubby', with the explanation "Perhaps imitative of a baby's cry or of sucking sound". The same source states that 'booby' dates from 1930-1935 US usage, and is probably a variant of 'bubby', while 'boob' is stated in WNUUD t...

Your explanation suggests the most accurate translation is "The size of the component exceeds that of the field of vision".

Yes, but with the spelling 'nob' rather than 'knob'. According to the etymologies given in the Cassell Dictionary of Slang, there is no connection between 'nob' and the verb 'hob-nob', as in the stock expression "he's off hob-nobbing with the gentry" (implying that the person thus referred to is ass...

Annie/Andria (which are you?), How you do this will partly depend on how well you know the person you are writing to, and also on how well you knew their mother. One thing that you have not explained is why you want to send such a note three years after the bereavement. It is customary to write a no...