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Sorry, I am not a English speaker and I would be grateful if anyone can tell me if "pants" means "trousers" or "underpants" in Ireland. Besides, is it true that "pants" means "trousers" in some areas...
I don't know what category I should be asking this question. What is the word used for a person who appears in two different places at the same time, the only word I could find that came close was...
She has now come out to express her 'anger' over the leak of her pseudonym. Am I the only one who thinks this is just a ploy to raise the profile and therefore sales of the book? It had sold only 1500...
Sorry, I am not a native speaker and I have some problems with this short audio clip. I really can't work out what the woman is saying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5WEidZSFlI All I know is this's...
I've just read this curate's egg of a book under the apparent misapprehension that the narrater Laurie was male. Does it categorically state in the book that this is the case as it obviously makes a...
Employees at Janke Book Store in downtown Wausau are hosting a party for Marion Zahrt, a 77-year-old employee who has worked at the bookstore for 60 years this July....
i am looking for a poem for my mum's funeral. She wasn't one for poetry but a few years ago, she toe this out of the paper and gave it to me. She said she really liked it. Of course, now i need it, i...
There was a production of Hamlet at the RSC at Stratford and the whole set was a steel frame with sliding doors over two levels. Was this the Trevor Nunn production of 1970 or was it earlier? Do you...
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Does any fellow AB'ers know the words to a poem entitled "The Rock"? It was read at a recent funeral and I was very touched by it. It talked about regrets for not taking the time to phone etc. I have...
Please can someone tell me step by step how to print selected paragraphs from an emai.? Have tried going to File after highlighting the text wanting to print and then copy,paste,etc but still am...
What's your favourite nonsense poem? I like the Jabberwocky. `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the...
I've recently seen the exhibition from Oslo via my local Arts cinema. I didn't know much about him apart from The Scream. I was struck by similarities to the work oF Edward Hopper - lonely people in a...
I am a writer and I am struggling with a plot point. I want to know how major auction houses check someone is the real owner of a painting before it goes on sale. Particularly if someone says they...