Thanks Einde for showing interest in my post. The context is as follows: When C. Zeta-Jones and M. Douglas married ... OK!. Now the couple are suing Hello!. What does "PUNCTUATION-HAPPY" mean in the above context? Thanks for any

Drafting up a document, I used the word "registrar" meaning "person in charge of registrations" at a conference. ... One ... to which the answer was "uh. erhm. 'registration desk staff?'". I could do that -

On 17 Feb 2004, Wood Avens wrote -snip- It's used, as far as I can tell, as a sort of diminutive of amused "mildly entertained". Can you give an example of this use? I've only seen it as 'confused, puzzled, taken aback'.

What you write is true about the stressed word when ... "now" serves as a definite time reference to the present. The "now" in "(2) Now *that's* something I really hate" is a throwaway, in my opinion. It was meant