This is my understanding: amateur= (from its etymology) is a lover of a certain field such as art, science, also ... experience, mostly by himself. I referred to "he"because I have a particular amateur in mind: Woody Allen as a

I don't quite grasp the fine difference between "amateur" and "dilettante" and the dictionaries, who treat them mostly as synonyms, are not much help. This is my understanding: amateur= (from its etymology) is a lover of a

I somehow picked up that Lewis Day Lewis? based his accent on a recording of Walt Whitman. I presume it's this one: http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/audio/ It doesn't sound much like Day-Lewis in Gangs to me, though. Day-Lewis, I

Obituaries in The Times, or even The Telegraph or Grauniad, ... I found that one in the obits last week. Jitze So did I. But for the life of me ... (He sounded to be quite a lad.) Cheers, Sage Got it: Patrick Dalzel-Job, Lt-Cdr, RN (ret'd).

} }>Tony Cooper filted: }>> }>>If 93% get it right, then the other 3% must be wrong. }> }>That's one of the things I love about this group; nobody says anything about a }>remark like that because nobody can be sure

Wouldn't hunting badgers be illegal nowadays, Obaue: Shouldn't this be 'badger hunting'. 'Hunting badgers' sound like a rather sinister, trained killer animal: "He fled for his life, but within moments the

I don't think Idi Amin had much formal schooling, though he did eventually go to Sandhurst (training school for officers), where one of his reports described him as 'a splendid type and a good rugby player' but 'virtually bone from

Hot enough to cause *third-degree* burns on *any* skin, in ... and "defendant finally paid" is often lost, in these tales. Being a relatively cautious and prudent guy, I fully expect that coffee given or served to me could be anywhere

In the knowing that even though these particular cases might ... driving or riding as a passenger in a moving vehicle. Hot enough to cause *third-degree* burns on *any* skin, in two to seven seconds, according to the plaintiff's expert. You

Idi Amin went to (a private?) school in England, and James Joyce was Irish, so they're givens. France and Italy are the two biggest rugby nations sur le Continong, so there's bound to be some people there who aren't caught up with