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I am scared of losing my best ever mate

hi i think most of you will know becci known as boodle on here ,well she attends my high school and we are best mates and as you know she has a dog and pony and she keeps falling out with me because...

Morrisonker

Lonely cat?

Hi, I'm asking on behalf of my mum. She has a cat which has always been kept indoors (not our choice, we re-homed her when she was 2 and never showed any desire to go out) and whenever my mum...

justineo

going to see a man about a dog

anyone know where this comes from? My grandad used to say it if he didn't want us to know where he was going

apex204

Favourite Word

What's your favourite word? Mine is "food" !!

Clare A

If radio counts...

...as art, then this is the right place to ask this. Often, at the end of plays on R4, the cast & main characters are read out, and then the continuity announcer says 'other parts were...

Clare A

Murder mystery play

A mystery about a mystery, in that I can't remember for the life of me the title of a murder play I saw in London's West End no later than 1991, in which year I moved to the Isle of Man. A...

Andy008

Buyers are liars

Commonly used in the motor trade, what does it really mean?

DavidUK

Yourself, Myself!

I know there are are more important issues but... is it only me that gets really irritated by the apparently increasing and incorrect use of "yourself", "myself" and "ourselves" in place of "you",...

Headtime

Apostrophe Question

Which is correct; "John Smith's cat" or "John Smiths cat" Many Thanks!

aarfy

english terminology

where is a good place to find a full list of terminology and definition/description for the English Language? e.g. homophone, synonym

mycatis

things people say that are wrong!

Does anyone hate things that loads of people say that are just wrong? A few of the ones a really hate are :"money is the root of all evil""The bigger half""Period of time""Male nurse"and "Two...

juicy

setting the scene

Does anyone know what the technical word for "the setting up of a scene" is? I think it's a Greek word and I'm pretty sure it begins with E...

Dusky

Grass

Where does the term "grass", meaning an informant or to inform on someone, originate?

pjm007

Gordon Bennett

Where the hell did that come from ?

allen

Second-guess. WHAT?

Up until, say, 1990, what did we say instead of the phrase 'second-guess'? And have we gained any new shade of meaning by our adoption of the phrase? Language at best evolves by usage and survival of...

kjc0123

the meaning of "feeling a bit off"

the meaning of "feeling a bit off" in the following sentences? "Richard? Did I wake you? Of course, I did. Silly question. I'm sorry. I have a small problem. I'm feeling a bit off. R?my and I need to...

Jkazz

Funny Phrases

Do you have any funny catch phrases or sayings? Example: "He who laughs last thinks slowest."

marmaduke

Etymology of 'belle', 'bello', etc

What is the Romance root of the words for beautiful/pretty in French ('belle') and Italian ('bello'). Surely not the Latin for war?

jackietaylor

Mother

What are some phases using the word "mother"?