Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009

Could somebody please tell me the pronunciation of "Anemoi"?. It's a
word used in Greek mythology to mean wind gods. Here's is its
Wikipedia article for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi

It occurred to me recently that while (for example) Spanish television
routinely translates the name of the British Queen as "Isabel", and
Polish friends of mine, in Polish-language conversation, will refer to
"Prince Karol" rather than Prince Charles, the British media never

You guys don't know anything about writing, let's see what you know
about baseball.
Any of you chowderheads ever hear of Yogi Berra?
Surprise me on this one ..

I have heard the following generalization about some of the major
Victorian novelists:
Dickens was great at characters
Trollope was the supreme stylist

I'm getting a feeling there's something wrong with the passage below.
It's from a novel I'm writing. Rather than mention the part I'm
beginning to have doubts about, I wonder if anyone finds anything wrong
here:

In what languages can the phrase 'let it be me' be rendered with a single
word?
--
Mike Page

"Where does it hurt, honey? We will get you better"
Upon checking in at Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame with
good insurance,ca.1970s. Former patients had been Bing Crosby and Shirley
Temple Black. The resulting back surgery was a great success.

Could anyone please tell me the meaning of "niche based products" in
the following sentence:
"Subtle Pharmaceuticals Limited is committed to the development,
manufacturing and marketing of need and niche based products of world

Hello!  I would like to know if the two expressions are both possible,
"a representative cross-section of the English population" and "a
random cross-section of the English population".
Thank you in advance.

You might be interested in a dictionary that illustrates the use
of words with genuine quotations, with the interesting twist that
the quotations all come from online sources, including
newsgroups, and they have been assembled for the benefit of

I find this blog amusing.
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/#1

Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
sentence?
"Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience, with implications of pain,
blood loss and distress."

Just got it, plan to read it...all 1533 pages of the bastard...
Anyone here ever read it?

Why on earth is my intelligent nephew being taught that the torrid,
frigid, and temperate climatic zones of our planet are the "hot, cold,
and tepid regions"?

A bbc website email disclaimer states:
“Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender
have been verified.”
As both subjects are singular, shouldn’t it read: