No. The tie bar affixed the tie to the shirt front. The collar pin was the one that went through the round holes in the shirt collar, but there was one style that had a clipping action. See: http://www.io.com/~esmee/jewelry/970634.jpg for a tie

What's tie tack? Tie bars or tie clips (they're the ... wear them, but it was meant to be ironically retro. By "tie bars" I assumed Coop was referring to the article either inserted through holes in the collar, under the ... knot

I didn't challenge. You stated that you think there is a separate number on the engine block and implied that the VIN is a permanent number for the chassis (only). I wouldn't consider "I think.." to be a challenge, but if you

This site is quite a good resource for this kind of question: http://www.ukcar.com/features/reg year.htm This topic has been niggling at me. I don't understand the function of the system. My automobiles have a VIN ... here's-how-we-do-it.

I doubt it. What you've got here is a reanalysis ... suffix. This is the same process that produced "-burger", "-dog", I consider those two different because those are food items. "Burger" and "dog" can

I don't follow. Are you implying that "of England" is ... a prepositional phrase rather than a form of a noun. Kirsh, isn't, at some point, the distinction between the two an arbitrary one? Why not consider "of

Raymond S. Wise wrote on 31 May 2004: szozu wrote on 31 May 2004: Oh, my goodness. Now ... the normal evolutionary changes to which all languages are subject. "English is being dumbed down" is essentially an empty phrase, on the order of

"Jitze Couperus" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag It's Georgian. See http://www.armazi.com/georgian/ Aha - Thank you! Specifically the PDF file at http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/georgian/files/georgian alphabet.pdf tells all.

When a dictionary shows hyphenation in the headword, it is using typographical conventions about how such a word might be ... match the phonetic division. In the case of "hyphenation," you are probably wrong. The pronunciation is /,haI

Dear all, I have some questions about how words are divided in dictionary entries. It seems to be an arbitrary ... divide words in writing, and if the divisions in the dictionaries are inflexible, i.e. invariable. I would appreciate your replies.