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what language is : Cymraeg

its unobtrousivley in the DVLA web site and let me guess its polish or latvian or something...

career

anyone got any idea why this should have two completely different meanings? ie career as in a steady work progression, and at the other end of the scale career as in swerving wildly.

bednobs

what is it called?

what is the name for words that are spelt the same but sound different eg: read and read

Drisgirl

Ever seen a fat Alkie?

I have never seen a fat alcoholic.I am being serious as I know its a serious condition. I often wonder why. I lost a power of weight with stopping drinking (wasnt that a heavy drinker anyway but I...

NancyBee

This is very tenuous, but does anybody know the poem with the lines something like I do not like the human race, I do not like its dirty face, I know I've misquoted but I hope somebody recognises it....

annie0000

Made of v's Made from

I always thought that the correct term is to say that something is made from something. e.g. the jumper was "made from" wool. Increasingly though it seems to be that everyone says "made of" instead....

joko

do you say... iced lolly .... or lolly ice....??

i suspect this is a north/south thing....?

wheels123

potato

can you eat the sea potato

fredpuli47

Railroading

What's the origin of the American expression 'to railroad' [somebody] ? What's it to do with a railroad ?

cryptminder

Animal domestication

when and what was the last animal species domesticated?

scubasam

animals

animals begining with n

Gromit

Not many conkers this year

A low conker yield this year. What does that signify?

echokilo

COUNTDOWN - Thirteens

On this afternoons Countdown the (brilliant) 11 year old on there came up with a 9 letter word - THIRTEENS .............. can anyone give me a sentence using THIRTEENS as I really can't see when it...

pansyman

local quiz

who said "He that is not with me is against me"

VenalWinfrey

Psychology or psychology?

Am trying to help my nephew with his personal statement for uni. He is applying to ready 'Psychology'. Can anybody tell me if this should be capitalised, or not? Thanks for any help!

Bellringer

What is the proper name for /

I know modern parlance calls it a forward slash (American, I think) I have heard it called an oblique. But, wjat is the proper name for it?

Beatrice35

Who put American English into room 101?

Was it Ricky Gervais or Stephen Fry who put American English( American words- twisting of our British English) into room 101? Loved this show with Paul Merton!! We invented English yet the American...

tracyh

why would a murder weapon not be tested for prints

during a recent murder case it came to light that the knife used was not tested for prints, the male was convicted of manslaughter, the police say it wouldnt have made much difference, but when...

freewilly

herione

the herione of which opera kills herself in the last act by throwing herself off the parapet of the castel sant, angelo

Bbbananas

Roof(s)

Why isn't the plural of roof - rooves?

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