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copey

Letter Post

Could you please let me know how I should address an envelope to a French household (Mr and Mrs ?......)

cheekycee

Missing People

How can I track someone down who lives in the Netherlands when all I have is a name??

artisan

The frog and bubble

What is the origin of 'Mockney'? I have a feeling people used it before Jamie Oliver. Does Delboy use a type of Mockney?

allen ives

From here (in north London) you can watch planes taking off from Heathrow. Over the years, I have noticed that jumbos heading east or north ALWAYS follow the North Circular to the M1 junction, then...

allen ives

High-rise bread

I bake a lot of bread, but have to resort to wrapping loaves in pieces of teflon to assist their rising during cooking. What do commercial bakers put in their loaves to make them rise so much?

Birchy

Give Piece a Chance

Any clues re-"Doing My Pieces"? ..... meaning "at the end of my tether/worried/greatly concerned/irritatus maximus"?

droflow

geography

what is United Kingdom and Great Britain?

dmbr34937

Seaside resorts

How did Boger Reggis get it,s name?

Pickle

What will we name the decade beginning in 2000?

What will history call this decade? USA Today had a poll and 'The Aughts' won. I'm sure we can do better.

knophr

phrases & sayings

Where does the expression "beyond the pale" come from?

seeker123

Salaries

Why are people badly paid?

magicdave

Fuhrers

Which fuhrer died in 1980?

allen ives

Burka or Bukra?

English reference works refer to the Burka, but watching an Afghan girl talking on TV the other day (in Arabic, I think), she pronounced the word Bukra, several times. (It had subtitles). So is the...

sgs

More rhyming slang

Do answerbank users have any suggestions for new rhyming slang terms?

Waterwolf

Incitatus

We used to get questions on here along the lines of 'Why does Andy Hughes know so much about music?' In this spirit, I'd like to ask Incitatus: how come you know so much about such a wide range of...

allen ives

Unanswered riddle

Back in July cybil posted this riddle. Monday & Tuesday have 2, Wednesday & Thursday have 1, Friday has 6 and Saturday & Sunday have none. What is it? It's driving us mad! No-one's posted an answer...