Discussion Groups / British English / August 2004

I was looking for a group interested in neologisms and interesting uses of
English. I don't know if that is what this group is about (is there a FAQ?)
but anyway, I need to tell someone this.
I was at my GP's surgery today. A young woman was talking to the

Here's how the usual corpseful newsreader Charlotte Green dealt with a
funny story, as told to BBC Radio 4's _Feedback_ this afternoon (450KB,
2mins):
http://www.meticula.plus.com/Sounds/CGtitbit.mp3

Quite by chance[1], yesterday (Sat 31st), I was walking along Southwark
Street in London (just behind Tate Modern) and saw a sign on a building
reading (all in capitals, which I will eschew here) "Kirkcaldy's Testing
and Experimenting Works".  Being of an inquisitive turn of mind, I