Discussion Groups / British English / July 2004

I think I first came across "turned round and said" (or "turn round
and say") in the late 1980s. I don't know if it was new then or if
moving to a different part of the country brought me into contact with
it. It seemed to be the preserve of the inarticulate reporting or

Hello one and all!
Could anyone enlighten me on this question that is buggin' me
ever since I first listened to "Hotel California" by the Eagles?
There are many other rock songs that mention a "mission bell".

Spanish is my native languague and I'm learning english. I'd like to ask
what's the difference in saying:
Spanish people, or
the Spanish,

Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay  - I guess it is either sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.

Could somebody please help me. I don't have the faintest idea about the true
meaning of the mentioned idiom. Well, okay  - I guess it is either sexual or
drug related, but that's all. I would be very happy, if someone could
enlighten the issue a bit.

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Hi. Thank you for the comments.
The biggest question I had was:

plural?

1. Which letter to send is a difficult problem.
2. Which conditions to apply is a difficult problem.
3. Which licensing conditions to apply needs to be
determined.

It must be the pronunciation and sound of 'hoi polloi' that makes one
directly thinks its meaning is 'upper class' or 'high society'.   I know it
really means 'the common people' but I find it too easy to muddle these in
speech and get the definition wrong.   Just an observation, ...

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language.   I'm running an experiment on-line, which I thought might be of
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below.

I know that the word "counter", when used domestically, is
predominantly a North American English term (I.e. both U.S. American
and Canadian), but I am wondering how far it has encroached on English
English. Perhaps the enlightened panel might offer instances where this

It's me again
For some who may appreciate, a description of Colley Cibber, the famous
eighteenth century actor, made by a witness to his debut in Richard III:
«[...] being invested with the purple Robe, he screamed thro' four Acts

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I find the following passage in 'Possession' by  A.S. Byatt:
Th'otchin 'at wasn't niver suited wi' nowt. Fra fo'st off he
was werrittin' an witterin' an sissin an spittin perpetiwel.
I would be grateful if anyone could help me with these words.