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How are you these days? As for your question, I think I had better paste OED's article about the etymology of Dutch than do any explanation.Dutch, a., n. (adv.) Also (4 duchyssche, 5 duysshe), 5–7 duch(e, 6 dou(t)che, dowche, duitch, dutche. paco

um... ESL, or more precisely L2 learning / teaching, is not my property, although my major is pretty much concerned with this issue (English and Education). What he is discussing is the inadequacies in the traditional approaches to language and lexicon, in that they fail to recognize the nature...

I don't think you can go wrong with either. No matter which dialect of English you learn, you will still be able to communicate with anyone who speaks the language fluently. When deciding which variant is better for you, consider with whom you are more likely to be speaking. If you'll be...

Ka-ka-ka. Thanks for telling that in such systematic way, I really can't generalize that about our dialect, it seemed to no rules for me to getting its scent out. Altough I was in acquisition to speak it around 5-7 years old initially. A bit off-topic, here I present 3 Cantonese songs, to whom...

As this is called EnglishForums.com, I am shocked at the replies on this thread. John Donne was indeed a poet. He first studied law and led a rather libertine existence. Then he converted from the Catholic church and became the Royal Chaplain to King James (of the King James Bible...the...

This question should be answered by a linguist, but there I go with my 1.5 cents. Language is not static: it's always changing. Usage and users rule, not what books or a bunch of academics say. We may agree or disagree with this issue, but it is a fact. I, particulary, do not agree with a...

Hello. I'm a "refugee" from another English language board. The thing that drove me away in the end was that the owners and moderators of that board didn't have any policy regarding the correctness of posts. For instance, let's say a question is posted by someone who wants to know the...