I'm posting to see if I can find the edit button! It's a new format, and I'm just trying to get used to it all.

I think they are all synonymous, Clarence.

Congratulations on new site. Looks v. good. I think it will take me a little while to get used to it.

And the question is ...?

"To tack" means to change the direction of a sailing ship, so to try another tack means to try a different direction, or a different way of doing things.

australian english is full of very unique and colourful idioms to describe people As pleased as a rat with a gold tooth?

I thought more of a piece of string tied to the back leg to stop it from blasting away in ever spiraling circles as the air rushed out.

I've always found a little coll to be mosr refreshing. Do you like Kipling too? I've rarely kippled myself.

You could call her an "pussy cat", meaning sweet and gentle.

...refer to a person as a 'bum', thereby meaning 'bugger', which, incidentally, in slang, means to have sexual intercourse as well ... "bum" is indeed BrE slang for the buttocks; it is informal, and can be used without offence. "bugger" is