Trivia

  1. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

She does, regularly, she has to keep the ‘grown up’ politicians in order…and she’s just turned 70…many happy returns.

android209,
you’re right that the Speaker of the Commons is often heard to say ‘order! order!’, or ‘I call upon the Minister for Education’.
But she’s not allowed to take part in the debates - and that’s what they mean by ‘speak’. Perhaps it should be ‘argue’.


I just had deja vu, and I’m sure it’s happened before…

Omniscientnot posted:

You may be Omniscientnot but you certainly are Omnilinquent! :smiley:

Polycarp: Is that a compliment??

Pluto - You asked.

From www.usga.org

Dimple them however you want, just stay within the other rules.


The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik

Speaker of the Commons? I thought the equivalent of the American Speaker of the House is the Keeper of the Woolsack–as according to Jan Harold Brunvand’s urban legend books. :slight_smile:


“If you drive an automobile, please drive carefully–because I walk in my sleep.”–Victor Borge

Daniel- you pervert!

How can screech and screeched both be one syllable words?
Larry

I think because the third ‘e’ is silent, so basically, no second syllable is pronounced.

Screeched would be pronounced as: screecht or screechd. Not scree-ched.

But you might wanna wait for an answer by a native speaker :wink:

Coldfire


“You know how complex women are”

  • Neil Peart, Rush (1993)