Hello Tallulah,

I found replying to messages difficult at first because my text would disappear each time I clicked the "back" button, so I couldn't check things or refer to previous posts, but then once I simply opened another englishforums site (where I was logged in too) and I've had no difficulty replying since that day.

Then again, perhaps there's another easier way that I don't know about (?)

rgds,

cairn

Hello Tallulah

To find your own posts, look for MyForums on the Home page. You may be able to find it via this link:

http://www.englishforums.com/user/MyForums.aspx

It will show you all the threads you’ve participated in.

You may also find it easier to work with ‘active forums’, which shows the last active posts in all forums:

http://www.englishforums.com/English/TopicsActive.aspx

Once you’re here, you’ll see a box at the top of the page with a drop-down menu. The menu has a list of all the separate forums. Once you go to one of them, you’ll see the same navigation box at the top.

Then of course there’s the home page, where you can see everything at once:

http://www.englishforums.com/

On the home page, if you click on your own name on the left-middle of the screen, where the logged-on members are listed, it will take you to your profile.

As for losing your drafts…yes…it happens to me all the time, because my connection drops at regular intervals. I’ve taken to writing any lengthy replies in Notepad first (Notepad doesn’t corrupt when you copy & paste and leave all those odd fragments of code scattered around). Or CTRL-C is a good trick too, as LL says, before you move back.

I’m intrigued by the Tallulah Bankhead ref. I saw a film of hers the other day – Lifeboat, circa 1943. Apparently she caused consternation among the male members of the film crew by refusing to wear any undergarments while filming. (As the title suggests, it’s a film that involves much sudden oceanic movement.)

MrP

Hi Tallulah,

You've got your answer regarding the losing, I have nothing else to add. Just wanna say that it is possible to open a new window while you are writing down your message (go to File option and select New and then Window), and use the back button to look for the information you need. It's quite easy and you won't lose anything. However, I always copy the text before doing anything, just in case any errors that closes all of your explorer windown occur (that actually it happens to me from time to time).  

Oxymoron seems correct to me, though I guess I do not have the right to judge the correct usage of English words!

According to Tallulah B. biography at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talullah_Bankhead), Tallulah was a good stage actress, much better when she was in front of the cameras.

Cheers,

Just because something is accepted, does it mean it is correct?

After all, everyone in England says "Different to" when the correct term is "different from".  You can actually spot the English by this even when they have worked hard to cultivate an American accent.  A bit like an American in England just using a fork to eat with, although that custom seems to be rapidly spreading across the Atlantic I have noticed.

(My grandmother was thoroughly modern in her day, she smoked cigars and rode a motorbike until she was over 70yrs. old. It is reputed that she and Tallulah were lovers at one time. That gene has not been passed down, at least not to me, as you can see.  I would not be spending my time emailing an English forum, I would be dancing half naked on a bar table somewhere)