The cream colored butt of a cigarette has little light colored yellow bits on it. Is this to simulate the look of a cork by any chance? Weird question I know!
What did his mobile food stall sell? I say it was a Taco stand. My mate reckons, nay swears it was crepes. Yet a search on the web seems to indicate sandwiches. I am drawn to beleive it sold all three...
Can anyone tell me what the music was at the start of this kids program that used to be on Nickelodeon? I remember the first verse was something like 'This sound is strange, you're looking happily...
One of the most commonly asked questions on Answerbank is what is such-and-such in Roman numerals. But why is that practically every person who asks this question spells the word 'numerials'? Or is it...
Isn't it about time in this day and age, and now that the technology is available, that cinema films and DVD's should carry subtitles for the hard of hearing. ?
Genuine question here and not intended to rile anyone. I am of the view that the English language is an evolving, living entity. It has seen chaucer, a vowel shift, French, Saxon, Roman Asian and...
why is it that most people have the same thing for breakfast every day of their lives . I have muesli orange juice and a coffee but I'd hate to follow the same trend for any other meal of the day .
Our language is a changing language, and not for lexical Luddites, what you think you are protecting has been in flux for centuries. If the majority say it's 'color' then 'colour' is not so useful in...
Let me explain why I post my corrections of grammatical/spelling errors. There are three types of mistake I correct: 1) Americanisms, ie program instead of programme. This is because a nation's...
Can we please have fewer arguments (usually between Spellmaster and someone) over spelling? I think he offers a useful service, if that's the right word, bu several threads have been spoiled recently...
I've put this here Quizmonster as we're delving into literacy and away from food - so when would 's's' be acceptable? is that in the case of more than one Rhodes? ....as in ' it was the male family...
