Discussion Groups / British English / January 2007

    Not the most used wp in the world I know but it is one I have
used almost exclusively for several years. Today it is playing silly
b*gg*rs.
    I was in the process of drafting out a document on my laptop

What do you think about frequently occuring word combinations
like "to open an object"?
For me, it sounds rather stupid and funny.
In my language, such combinations are impossible.

    There are several umrats who regularly participate in pub
quizzes and I draw their attention to the annual King William's
College quiz, the answers to this year's version being now available:
see www.kwc.im

What, if there is one, is the  meaning of that surname?

New Scientist reports that The American Dialect Society  has chosen
"plutoed" as its 2006 word of the year meaning to demote or devalue.
Pluto is no longer a Planet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
IMO it should catch on in both the US and UK.

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I am occasionally confronted by phrases such as 'there are three links courses
nearby'.
I am not a golfer - is there some other kind of golf course?
If so, what are they called?

HNY!
Just sent to another n/group:
"As do I. My wife, however (who uses PCs at school), uses a Mac and I
do believe that she is soon to pass her spare MacMini over to me. Don't