When I was young, about 50 years ago, my father used to say that a restless child was 'rorming', i.e moving about aimlessly, unable to settle down. The word is not in my dictionary. Does anybody out...
Derogatory colloquial Swedish term for someone who has effectively drunk themselves to death. No actual derivation other than hearing it on an episode of 'Wallander' and asking a Swedish contact about...
The question "Do I have to fill in the Electoral Registration form?" has been asked before, but the answers were not specific. I have received the Electoral Registration form from my local council. On...
// Ten men have been jailed after a 13-year-old girl from North Yorkshire was sexually exploited by 30 different attackers. // http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-24385557 Just...
Water is being pumped from an open water reservoir at a rate of 2.0 kg/s at 10°C to an open storage tank 1500 m away. The pipe is 3 ½ - in. schedule 40 pipe and the fictional losses in the system...
(Eddie/Slapshot?) I have recently started to explore the world of the older 35mm film SLR using a Fujica ST605N. I would like to go back further in time with something more stripped down and the one...
I am looking for further details of the news item on the BBC where a Mr Wilson said that Stuart Hazell was a bully who threatened him with a machete. When I entered suitable search terms in Google, I...
Why is it that on the calmest of days, when there isn't even a breeze, that, if you leave the front door and back door of your house open, one of the doors in between will slam shut with enough force...
You often hear people after they've been pooed on or stepped in poo say "hey it's good luck" Where did this twaddle come from? How is an animals diseased and parasite filled waste which can blind you...
on here for a while & was wondering what sayings or presenters annoy you on Tv/Game shows? 2 that pee me off is Who wants to be a millionaire when Chris Tarrant when after the fastest finger he says...
I don't know if these are really malapropisms, but on another thread someone is talking about driving with 'undue care and attention'. This is one of my favourites together with 'mute point' and...
Did any of you see it last night. A full length episode of Today from 1963!!! It makes our snowfall now look really insignificant - and to think I was in my teens then!!
i was listening to a guy on the news speaking about an old prime minister saying that he was quite happy to go and see the queen as he knew ' she was the one person who would never leak to the press...
Many common grammar and spelling mistakes are understandable - such as there, they're and their, and should of rather than should have - because you can see the reason why the mix ups happen with...
Cooked a chicken yesterday (hate turkey) and saved all the juice that comes out of the chicken when cooking.This has now cooled to a jelly like substance and the fat is on the top.What is this stuff...
I am hoping you can help me settle a dispute. Is the sentence, "Would you like to come to the cinema with Jenny and me?", correct or is it Jenny and I? I am convinced it is the former but I have so...