Surely it should be Central Vietnam rather than Middle Vietnam.

Here's another word with no vowels:- "Brrr" as in the sound you make when it's cold! Got this from the Official Scrabble Word book so it must be in the Chambers Dictionary. It surprised me as well!

There's also a train station in Wales called "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll Llantysiliogogogoch" which means "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave"!!!!

Strictly speaking Coldplay is singular as there is only one band called Coldplay. Therefore "Coldplay is a good band" is correct. However in the UK it seems that 'everyone' says "Coldplay are a good band". So this seems to be acceptable

Wumanfu, your posts are so long that it's diffucult to read them without losing interest! Hi Fred, Admission comes from the verb admit and omission from the verb omit which have different meanings. In your sentrence the correct word is

Joel, I can't see anything wrong with what you have written. Maybe that's because I also work in the IT industry and often see 'display' used this way?

Barnet Fair' - hair 'boat race' - face 'mince pies' - eyes 'Duke of Montrose' - nose 'Norf and Sarf' - mouth How about:- Dog and bone - phone Plates of meat - feet Gregory Peck - neck One for you to guess:- Richard the Third?

'Has' is a form of the verb 'to have' so means belonging to. 'As' means like. Eg. John has a blue car as does Pete.

Raul, don't you mean Gillette? Other examples are Hoover for vacuum cleaner and Thermos for vacuum flask. Tarmac is an abbreviation for Tarmacadam which was invented by John McAdam.

Thanks Raul but surely you mean standardise/ize? You ommited the second 'd'. And, yes, I agree that both are acceptable but which should be used in BrE? Standardize or standardise? Is there a preference?