By Nouns, Dialects

My first language was Greek and Ukrainian, even though my background is actually Ukrainian, Polish, Scottish, and Native Canadian Cree. I travelled throughout Europe and Asia through my life, and now I am flutent in seven languages, and can get along conversationally in eight others. Of these...

Perhaps the word you are looking for is "clabber" Merriam Webster's Dictionary Main Entry: clab·ber Pronunciation: 'kla-b&r Function: noun Etymology: short for bonnyclabber Date: 1634 chiefly dialect : sour milk that has thickened or curdled Excerpt CLABBER Clabber is unpasteurized milk...

Interesting question with an even more interesting answer (I doubt your students will like it ) To tell the truth: We don't actually "need" the 3rd person singular -s anymore, we could even get along without it very well. The -s is kind of a hangover from ancient times: In Old-English and...

Hi PSJ, I have encountered these people too. I don't know their origin. The word "anyways" is NON-EXISTANT in mainstream English. I think what they mean to say is "ANYWAY", but I can't be sure about this. Perhaps these people are using a strange dialect (dialect; noun - a form of a language that...

In modern english, one uses "doves". You wrote "Please furnish references." Do you mean references about me and my qualifications for answering? Or do you mean references for the plural of dove? If it is the latter, the quickest way to do so is to quote from the OED (Oxford English...

I agree with Mike. Your two suggestions works, for me at least. So Nawal should really give it a try. One day many years ago, I realized this from my observation: a Chinese friend of mine could speak so well because he had used English since his birth. He was exposed to only one language most...

Introduction taken from http://www.ead.ufms.br/letras/Literature/01-Origins_Of_English.pdf Origins of English (up to 1066) Historical Background Before the time of the Roman colonization in A.D. 43, Britain was populated by Celts and Britons, relatively primitive people without organized...