Sir, – In response to Frank McNally's characteristically witty reflections on the oddity of adjectives formed from proper names (May 5th), I can help out with the origin of "Shavian" for all ...

Yes, well done you at the back, it is of course “Shavian” (to rhyme with “avian”) although why this should be so is a mystery. It can’t be the result of Occam’s Razor, or indeed any ...

Like Wilde's, Shavian aphorisms speckle our language -- "Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children", "England and America are two countries separated by a common language ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/shaw.40.2.0247 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/shaw.40.2.0247 Copy URL ABSTRACT: This interview with award-winning director and ...

Though Morogiello has included genuine quotations from the master, he can write his own epigrams that sound convincingly Shavian, such as "The truth is always terrible." The truth is hardly that ...

Shaw did not lack distinguished targets for his shafts. Quilled the Shavian St. Bernard: “Mr. Chamberlain is certain to win unless he displays cultural interests and a knowledge of other things ...

Located in the heart of Berkeley County, South Carolina, Richmond Plantation is an extraordinary property steeped in history. Built in 1927 by New York architects for George Ellis, this home has ...