Has anyone else noticed the growing phenomenon of people who seem unable to pronounce the word "ask"? They instead say, "Ax". I noticed it a couple of years back in songs, (often by the young black...
“But you can’t get them in the shops”
It’s a quote or catchphrase from a CHARACTER from radio, tv, literature, cartoons or other sources. Any help on this quote above??...
So, I recently have just met this korean guy who is 2 years older than me. He was a foreign exchange student who went to my school. I have flirted with him, and he has complimented me back. I think he...
Say there is a person with very bright red hair and this is a key feature to their personality and character, would would be the word for this? Iconic comes to mind but that's less personal to the...
... I was reading an article about the young ex-soldier who has been sentenced to jail in Turkey. He talked about his fiancée and I thought that it was a very long time since I heard or saw that...
Just pondering what ‘modern’ words I never use, and never would. 1) Hi. Hello, I’ll say, or good morning, good day, pleased to meet you, etc, but never “Hi”. 2) Poo (or Poop) I might have...
This poem is called Prophetic Dreams I’m on top the top of a rooftop as high as the sky. I feel uneasy. I see myself on the edge of the roof. I took a step and jumped. I’m falling as the birds and...
This is a very long shot! I am going crazy trying to remember an obituary I read in the Daily Telegraph over 40 years ago. Can only remember bits of it: "Could love.....that bridge of...
Hi, I'm looking for a word that means because something has gone on for many years, it is now accepted practice. It is an old fashioned word (I think) and I can't for the life of me remember.
In local newspapers from about 1905 to 1910 I have come across the word 'teaser' which, by the context, seems to be a word for waterpistols (which local youths were using in an anti-social manner)....
I need your help on the following Dingbats 1 GOODBY E 2 SAHARRODSA 3 free dawn zing 4 BBBBBBBB 5 camougraceflage 6 G IUO J 7 Notts Forrest 3 Notts County 3 8 . --------- . I Thank you in advance...
Heard this saying years ago but I do not know the correct english for it. He who "accuses accuses" meaning by pointing the finger at someone the finger is really pointed at the accuser. Any...
I once heard or read a statement about life that went something like this. The world is made up of two sorts of people. Those who spend their lives moving objects over the surface of the earth, and...