Why Do accents, mostly, disappear when people sing? Bob Geldof, Lulu, U2, Tom Jones. etcs. And mostly I'm wondering if this ties in with the stammering 'Pop Idol' who, barely able to speak, could...
When he was elected Tony Blair urged people to judge him on his performance in a number of key areas. From memory I think they may have been (in no particular order); education, health, crime, welfare...
Everyone I've asked says it means mixed sex company, but I seem to think it originally meant a gathering of people, some of which you know informally or very well and some of which you know formally...