I've just read the questions and answers (is it what you call a thread ?) about the meaning and origin of the suffix sex in Essex, Middlesex etc. What about 'shire' as in Lancashire, Yorkshire ? And...
What's the best way of handling snooty replies? I mean the ones that infer that as you did not reply directly to the question, that you are a time waster. I appreciate that this is a...
Although im not normally a classical music fan, i really really like this piece of music, can anybody suggest any other pieces of classical music i might like?
Why do some white, British people feel the need to speak in a West Indian accent? Do they not realise how stupid it sounds? I am not being racist by asking this genuine question!
Driving me bananas now - please help with my missing answers for the following clues: 230 Mixed team236 Laps up iron 240 Wound door opening device of embryonic primate248 Scottish...
164 Mother tongue165 You walked a long way167 Nearly Fawlty Towers168 Candle string military institute169 To selecta with love, carry out radiotelephone to Noel without his...
Slightly more of a request than a question, but I am interested in your views. Please could people learn that: INCORRECT: "I must of forgotten it" CORRECT: "I must have forgotten it" Why do so...
Hi Folks, Anyone ever heard of getting cramp in your tongue? My boyfriend occasionally gets it and it is agony for him. When he gets it he seems to hold the side of his jaw, but he is in so much pain...
Any particular football words or phrases that wind you up? Here's a few of mine with my translation in itallics. Most commentators seem to read from the same script and then...
Generally speaking of course, why are men unable to change an empty loo roll, why do they leave dirty socks in balls all over the house and why can they only do one thing at a time? Equally why...
Am I being totally thick or what ...... at the top of this section it states that if your question "is about an advert, please post it in the Adverts category". Now admittedly I am very short sighted...
Is it possible to travel through Europe by train? Are there any deals where you can buy a rail card to last you 2 months or something like this. Would it be expensive to do this?
I appreciate this is a touchy subject, but this a spin off from joules99's question about 'Hanging'. What do people (especially parents) think the fate of (forensically proved) paedophiles and...