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Buggy

Another word for travel...

Does anyone out there have a good word that means travel? I'm thinking of something obscure, quirky and really off-the-beaten-path, similar to shunpiking (but not shunpiking!). Thanks!
14:29 Sun 07th Jan 20078 answers, last by Buggy 15:55 Thu 18th Jan 2007
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ladorada

for vears

A commuter says: "This train is late every morning. It has been for vears." What does "for vears" mean?
02:43 Mon 08th Jan 20073 answers, last by rojash 04:15 Fri 19th Jan 2007
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teag1rl

problem with word document

Page set-up has symmetrical margins, yet when veiwing in print preview there is a wider left hand margin and ruler does not go all the way acorss the top of page. It's as if,I've managed to shrink the...
14:49 Tue 02nd Jan 20073 answers, last by teag1rl 09:28 Thu 04th Jan 2007
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Immi666

Need or Want

I'm doing an exercise with my Brownies in a few weeks where each group is given a load of pictures and they have to decide which things are needs and which things are wants. So far I have:- clothes,...
05:34 Tue 02nd Jan 200711 answers, last by flipflop104 15:52 Fri 05th Jan 2007
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jonnoman

like shooting monkeys in a barrel

explain???
18:52 Mon 01st Jan 20074 answers, last by SLUGGER.U.K 21:34 Sun 21st Jan 2007
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Boo2

Slugs

Hi, Unfortunately we have been getting slugs coming into our house overnight. In the morning the trails are quite evident across the kitchen floor and also on the wooden floorboards in the lounge. I...
22:55 Sun 24th Dec 20066 answers, last by Boo2 08:35 Wed 27th Dec 2006
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coget

Book on Prostrate cancer

hi Looking for a book i remember from 2004 about Prostrate cancer by, i think, a name similar to Mark Lawford. Cheers
16:42 Tue 19th Dec 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 06:54 Mon 25th Dec 2006
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ladorada

to chop a piece of land

If a man has a large piece of land, but he does not like to work it and, instead, he drinks and plays his whistle a lot, being forced to sell his land bit by bit, can one say he "chops", "hacks",...
15:39 Wed 20th Dec 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 06:43 Mon 25th Dec 2006
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laura_lou7

slip a sable under the tree

What is a sable, or rather the sable she is referring to in the song? I looked it up and I came up with an oversized over furry rat - is there another meaning?
16:32 Thu 14th Dec 20066 answers, last by BBWCHATT 03:55 Mon 29th Jan 2007
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loggy01

Snow icing

I want to just do a snow effect icing on the top of a Christmas cake, is it just a stiff icing mix or do I have to add glycerine and if so what are the quantities. Thank you.
22:36 Tue 19th Dec 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 00:12 Thu 21st Dec 2006
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groovygarden

Can anyone suggest a good family game

I'm looking for a good game I can buy to play with the family over Christmas? There are only 4 of us. I was thinking something more along the lines of Cranium than a traditional board game like...
21:55 Mon 18th Dec 200613 answers, last by groovygarden 16:56 Tue 19th Dec 2006
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baremission

charity

my dad wont tell me what he wants for xmas, says i shouldnt waste my money, but im 17 and so i can afford it just about! do u think it would be a good idea to get him one of those charity gift ideas,...
17:18 Mon 11th Dec 20069 answers, last by Kingaroo 05:11 Wed 13th Dec 2006
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devilwoman

xmas stocking

hubby bought me a christmas stocking, first one i ever had, lol, its red with blue foldover bit at the top, ot has rudophed embroidered on it and theres a real bell that jingles, and merry chrisymas...
19:52 Tue 12th Dec 20067 answers, last by Jenna1978 10:26 Wed 13th Dec 2006
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DaSwede

oscar wilde's voice

Recently somebody posted a question in another section about who has the loveliest voice. It reminded me of something I once read about Oscar Wilde. One of his contemporaries had said his voice was...
19:37 Mon 29th May 20068 answers, last by DaSwede 18:04 Fri 05th Jan 2007
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DaSwede

upper and lower case in titles

When writing a title (film, book et cetera), is there a general rule for when to use upper case and when to use lower case letters? It seems to me that some lexical categories (nouns, for instance)...
19:03 Mon 04th Dec 20066 answers, last by DaSwede 16:40 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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Kingaroo

Idioms using "up"

There are plenty of them in English -- clean up, call up, write up, lock up, fix up, open up, close up, etc. I remember reading somewhere that they are related to German verbs that use the prefix "ab"...
01:19 Wed 15th Nov 20063 answers, last by dr john 13:27 Thu 16th Nov 2006
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godfreyrust

one trick pony

This phrase is now in widespread usage. It was the title of a Paul Simon song in 1980, and I want to know if he coined it. I recall an interview from the time in which Annie Nightingale asked him if...
10:38 Mon 13th Nov 20064 answers, last by Kingaroo 01:13 Wed 15th Nov 2006
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~ vortex ~

Americanisms

What is meant by the term "Soccer Mom" in the USA?
18:45 Thu 02nd Nov 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 01:17 Sat 11th Nov 2006
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DaSwede

suffer

"Suffer the little children to come unto me" - what (exactly)does 'suffer' mean in this biblical quote, and is it ever used in that sense in contemporary English?
20:44 Wed 08th Nov 20069 answers, last by DaSwede 18:42 Sun 12th Nov 2006
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1Josie-Jo

Visual Metaphors

Heya! Hope this is in the right section. Does anyone know the effect of visual metaphors in plays. I can only think that it makes the language more emotional and creates a bigger impact on the...
21:34 Mon 30th Oct 20063 answers, last by fizzyribena 22:01 Thu 02nd Nov 2006

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