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Practice or practise?

My co-worker insists that 'practice' is the correct UK spelling for the verb with 'practise' being the US spelling. I thought it was the other way 'round, though I admit that I use 'practice' - I just...

melvyn

emmerdale

wher is emmerdale filmed now

Joelbdavis

Baldness

I am looking for an alternative to the expression as bald as a coot?

Chinajan

Keyboard connection

Trying to plug in a new keyboard to my pc, I managed to misfire and mangle the prongs. Can the plug in part only be replaced?

Obo

Words

What is your favourite word?

robertson

Unwed celeb couples

Which long-term celebrity couples have never married?

Birchy

Cryptic Teaser

Sorry, but I couldn't see an appropriate category - Puzzles Category, Answerbank? - the clue is, 'A bird going in opposite directions' (5 letters) and the answer is either bird, animal or fish. Eider...

lauradean

supernovae

bulgaria-born astrophysicist who is noted for his study of supernovae

Sevil

Low & Behold

What is the origin of the phrase: low and behold?

Tartanwizard

Spook!

Trying to remember the name of a stand-up comedian from the 1980s. He was English and appeared on TV regularly. He kept interrupting his own jokes with his two catchphrases, which were 'It's weird!'...

astonvilla12

'v' sign (not the victory way around)

where did the 'v' sign originate? (not the famous Churchill way around)

Chinajan

Mick Ronson rare single

I have a (unplayed) Mick Ronson single from 1975, labelled both sides Seven Days. I understand the A side is actually Billy Porter. The etchings confirm that it is only the labels that are wrong. Do I...

Chris Baylis

Enobarbus

Cross word ....What Enobarbus say's about Cleopatra...(3,3,3,6,3,3,6,5,3,8,7,

Andy P.

Spellmaster

Is spellmaster just a petty minded individual who doesn't have an original answer to any of the serious questions posted on answerbank and therefore is sad enough to sit reading and picking holes in...

Dsg

Watch with Mother

If Monday was Picture Book - What were the other days of the week ?

krystal

paul harvey

what is the answer to the paul harvey riddle?

Moog

Answerbank

Are the people who regularily contribute answers to the questions on this site genuinely highly intelligent or just a bunch of work shy, cut and paste happy wasters?