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andrew from essex england uk
Born 1948. Live near Maldon in Essex, England. Leyton Orient Football Team Supporter. Not in paid employment.
What is the origin of the term "taking a rise"?
the Oxford English Dictionary dates the first use as in 1703 with a suggestion the term was originally Scottish - but I wonder how the term came to be used.
I saw it used in a 1923 book I am reading - "Whose Body" - by Dorothy L Sayers - and it reverberated with me as I have not heard it used in recent times.
Nowadays, I suppose folk are more likely to say "You're taking the piss" at least in my part of England.
3 AnswersWords & Wordplay4 months agoContacting Yahoo in order to get a personal response?
2 AnswersNotices and Errors4 years ago
*cod-fish*; - what are non literal meanings of this word please?
It may instead be written without a hyphen - thus - codfish.
"He turned to the taller of the two Germans, who without his coat seemed more like a cod-fish than ever."
Is the way it is used in the opening chapter of Bulldog Drummond - by Sapper (Herman Cyril McNeile) in 1920 & it seems to me to be open to various interpretations - how do you understand it please?
3 AnswersWords & Wordplay4 years agoWhy is a ~cover~ mentioned in ~please bring a covered dish~?
I am in England and have seen mention of covered dish events in an email group I follow.
I just about get ~potluck~ or is that different?
why not just ~please bring some food to share~?
6 AnswersEthnic Cuisine4 years agoDoes the Yahoo email app work on a PC in the UK with Windows 10?
1 AnswerSoftware4 years agoIn which elections are UK Civil Servants eligible to stand and serve as councillors?
I know a Civil Servant cannot be an MP and can be a Parish or County Councillor, but what about a District or County Council?
I have looked at the Electoral Commission website and was still not sure - do you know of any Civil Servants serving as Councillors?
2 AnswersElections6 years agoHow do I post an image into the body of a message in a Yahoo Group?
I have used the Windows Snipping tool and saved the result - what do I need to do to post it in a message in Yahoo Group please?
1 AnswerYahoo Groups7 years agoAt what time of day is it normally allowed for a Roman Catholic Priest to celebrate the Mass?
I am reading a novel where a Priest is given permission by his Bishop before Dawn or after midday and am consequentially curious about the timing of observance
"and special permission to celebrate mass before dawn and after midday"
"The Singer not the Song" Audrey Erskine Lindop, beginning of chapter two.
3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality8 years agoDid Johnny Haynes play for Fulham FC on 16th February 1963 away at Leyton Orient FC?
I know Fulham won 0 - 2 but I cannot find a list of the players
2 AnswersEnglish Football9 years agoHow did Cambridge come to be considered a City despite not having a cathedral within its boundaries?
I realise that it is within the Diocese of Ely
5 AnswersOther - Politics & Government9 years agoWhen is Market Day in Chipping Ongar in Essex, England?
I know about nearby North Weald Aerodrome weekly Saturday Market.
1 AnswerOther - United Kingdom9 years agoI need a recipe to serve in under three hours using lamb aubergine and tomato sauce please?
The lamb is in cutlets, the sauce is made and it is for two people and I have the half aubergine already sliced. I would like to use up some mushrooms as well if possible!
2 AnswersCooking & Recipes10 years agoWhen did people begin to live overseas in order to avoid tax liabilities in the UK?
It seems a major difficulty for the UK Government is to get wealthy UK residents to pay into the revenue without them taking themselves and their money overseas. When and how did this avoidance start and when was the time that large numbers of wealthy individuals and companies began to use this method to retain as much wealth as legally possible?
2 AnswersUnited Kingdom10 years agoWhat is the best vinegar to use to make greengage chutney and why?
I want the chutney to taste more of Greengage than vinegar, should I use Cider, rather than 'normal' malt vinegar, or some other sort such as wine vinegar.
3 AnswersCooking & Recipes10 years agoWhy are deleted questions allowed to remain visible?
If one looks at the oldest questions with the fewest answers, they actually turn out to have been deleted?
If they have been censored why are they allowed to remain?
I would prefer it if they were shown as deleted and the reason for the deletion being given - that seems to support the notion of 'free speech' in an 'open society'?
2 AnswersYahoo Answers10 years agoIs there a public right of access to High Court Judgements in English Judicial Review Cases?
If there is how does one exercise it?
2 AnswersLaw & Ethics10 years agoHow can I tell from where in the world a question originated?
I was seeking to answer some questions from people asking about places in England but had no way of telling where they were from and therefore had experience of.
I looked all over the web page of the question and also clicked on the name of the questioner but nothing was revealed.
4 AnswersYahoo Answers10 years agoHow do I spell check a message that I am posting in Yahoo Groups?
I think the detail is in the question, but please say so if you need clarification.
3 AnswersYahoo Groups10 years ago