Discussion Groups / British English / December 2006

"Teach him the wonder of books, give him quiet time to ponder the
eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a
green hill."

'It was number one in the bestseller lists.'
In the UK, would you say in or on with lists?
MDM

By reading "My Lagan Love" lyrics by The Corrs, i wonder about this word,
"lagan": it seems to be a proper noun, but is always so?
I can't understand its meaning.
In a vocabolary I read "lagan, lagend, ligan": what this sort of declension

I am currently filling in job application form where one has to give various
examples/tales from life.
I am relating a tale which involves my grandparents, now the query I have
is, I am writing a sentences speaking of my grandparents... (example)

is anyone of you free and able to speak to me with skype? I'd like very
much to practise with my English.
Only native speaker, preferably from Britain :-).
I'm gdistasi on skype.

hi.can anyone tell me what "low cunning" means.it appears from the
contexts in which i have heard this phrase that its meaning isnt really
derivative from the meanings of low or cunning but that it is a noun
phrase meaning something logically simple i.e even though it is

As part of a literacy assignment, I am writing a piece of text analysing the
difficulties students may have with learning and understanding certain
similar scientific words. For example, words such as dissolve, soluble,
insoluble, solution, solvent and solute all have "sol" as part ...

I haven't had a good holiday in ages.
or..
I haven't had a good holiday for ages.
Which of those is better in *British* English?