I see. Thank you very much. What about American (or Australian, etc.) English? Does anybody know? Thanks in advance for your answers.

Thank you again, Mr Micawber. So it's English. But in your opinion it isn't an "accepted coinage". I am usually rather purist, but in this particular case I'm not sure that I can see why I should avoid using "car optionals", or similar phrases:

Thanks, Mr Micawber. Well, I've asked this question because in Italy (I'm Italian) we sometimes use the English word "optional" as a noun, often in the plural, usually meaning an accessory (for example, of a car) that isn't included in the price:

Is it possible, in English, to use the adjective "optional" as a noun, therefore with a plural, "optionals": for example, "the optionals of a car"? Thank you for your answers.

I like your nickname very much. And I've read that you're "cogitative", and you live where weaver birds live: that sounds wonderful, although I don't know what sort of birds weavers are. I think that contemplative and cogitative people are very

Do you know a song entitled, I think, "Lazybones"? I think it's an old song. Would you sing it for me? Thank you.

Well, rather shocking, I'm afraid. No, I don't mean the goliardic kind of stupidity: what about something more childish? I mean, the pure joy of putting words together. Oh, once, oh, twice, oh, thrice, how nice, how nice, how nice! I want

A challenge for us all: can you utter a sentence that is really, undoubtedly, genuinely, authentically STUPID? I hope that my own question is a good beginning.

I agree, but I can't understand why you say that with "Chinese" it's less obvious. "My friend Antoine is so French!" (= "so typically French"), and "my friend Chang is so Chinese!" (= "so typically Chinese"). We have probably fewer occasions to

"Perfect" derives from Latin "perfectus", meaning "accomplished". Latin had a past tense called "tempus perfectum": properly, the tense that means that an action (or state) has been accomplished, or, in other words, that it has come to an end: