Cmon, be patient. It's a new word. On this side we day "mail" a letter, but don't those on the other side say "post"? If the Post Office loses our letter, we remail it. Wouldn't a Brit repost it? And if so, then the

No. The tie bar affixed the tie to the shirt ... had a clipping action. See: http://www.io.com/~esmee/jewelry/970634.jpg for a tie bar. Oh yes. Not the thing to wear. When he was in high school, my son decided to go to some dance and sport a

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 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

"Pull the other one" means that I'm saying that you ... "it's got bells on it" was a Morris Dancer reference. I guess I'm going to flaunt my ignorence now, but who or what is a Morris Dancer? Some people might