There is, I believe, a French terminology that describes the missed opportunity to give or make an appropriate comment. I found it once by accident but cannot recall it for the life of me!!!!! Please...
Am I the only one who gets annoyed when people say things like: 'at this moment in time' instead of 'at the moment' 'I, myself, personally' instead of 'personally' 'hence the reason' instead of...
If anyone else heard LBC last night a taxi driver called in about sneezing in the taxi and called the resulting effluence 'gilby' landing all over his steering wheel. I know taxi drivers use their own...
I need to remember a set of words beginning with the above letters ... can anyone out there help by creating a word, phrase or mnemonic from this to make life easier?
can anyone help with these abbreviated sayings 1 o i a m o s 2 i a g p s 3 n t l t p 4 b a l 5 h a n d 6 w t e d s, t h d g o 7 e l h 8 a h b m i w t a 9 t o m g i a g 10 o i a b m many thanks for any...
One for Quizmaster? While I have never doubted that Jack was as good as his master, there was a less PC time when Mr was reserved for the Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker. Those not engaged in...
There is, I believe, a French terminology that describes a missed opportunity to make a verbal response, & if the very moment is missed, the comment would be futile. Please help..........
An elderly passenger when I was driving taxis near Portsmouth 10 years ago, told me a possible origin of this saying which seems reasonable to me but I haven't found it in any books or on-line...
some example of what i mean are, such as a friend said he was growing his hair long, an i said oh good, i like that, and he said, don't really care if you like it or not. for no reason at all. almost...