Cayenne Member Profile in The AnswerBank

signing-in problems

I'm almost always having trouble signing in at the Answer Bank, which is so frustrating...! I don't have the internet at home, so I usually go to some internetcaf?. Of course, many operations are...

Cayenne

ABBA-song one of the guys sang

Many many years ago I heard an ABBA song a couple of times on the radio. It was sooo beautiful, but I never caught the title and I always thought I'd certainly hear it again at some time or other,...

Cayenne

supernanny rooster alarm clock

In one of the Supernanny programs Jo Frost used different alarm clocks for each child, don't remember the purpose but I think it had something to do with signalling the o'clock when they were each...

shazzabell

American Answerbank?

Is there an American equivalent to the UK answerbank? Im sure there are similar attempts, but any good ones? This British version seems to fill most of my needs (how sad is that), but at times I'd...

Cayenne

How come there's a Green Card Lottery (!) when it's virtually impossible to acquire American citizenship by applying formally? What's the thought behind having a lottery, I mean, what's in it for the...

Cayenne

ethymology on-line

Anyone know of a good, English-American ethymological dictionary on-line? Not just a English-American (etcetera), but a good one. (i.e. comprehensive and largely correct.) Thanks so much! I'll thank...

Cayenne

polite phone calls

Can anyone recommend a good web site that would help a foreigner such as myself use the correct and expected phrases when making formal and semi-formal telephone calls to the UK and/or the United...