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airbolt

Army Nickname for REME

I half heard ( in a Pub ) the REME ( Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ) referred to as " Creamy RE - ME " . I think it was meant to imply that they had a cushier life than most. I may have...

xmanfe1999

Sandra : s is for... acronyms

Hi ! One of my twelve years old pupils asked me to write in her poetry book (I don't know if this kind of thing exists "on the other side of the Channel" it's a kind of album in which girls collect...

flaming

Where is this phrase used (country?)

This phrase: "....goin' for the bear?" It would be in common parlance, probably not in the UK though. Does anyone recognise it please?

xmanfe1999

after sex... shire !

I've just read the questions and answers (is it what you call a thread ?) about the meaning and origin of the suffix sex in Essex, Middlesex etc. What about 'shire' as in Lancashire, Yorkshire ? And...

Treacy

Those who govern or treat harshley or with cruel injustic

Treacy

Those who govern or treat harshly or with cruel injustice

Jojosnoop

Were does the saying "your shaping like one of lewis's" come from?

Where does the saying "one of lewis's" come from?

3Styler

who said the phrase first?

What we do in life echoes in eternity. i have this feeling someone really important said it but i cant remember who said it and when and its been bugging me for ages.

milly143

burning ears

where does the phrase, 'his ears must have been burning', come from?

fredo

Melon Collie

What does 'Melon Collie' mean?

bartholomew

What is the difference?

What is the difference between at night and in the night?

bartholomew

What is the difference ?

1. I do it on a Sunday. 2. I do it on Sunday. I am Polish and cannot understand the difference. Thanx

xmanfe1999

Scythes ans Scythians

Hello, I'm French andI teach English in a secondary school, so I know a bit about English but I often wonder what the origins of some words are, or if similarities between words are just coincidences...