Wow a forum on the internet that hasn't descended into a cacophony of internet acronyms, outdated meme's or disgusting language... Is this what heaven is like? Good on you sirs, good on you... I found this on Wikipedia as to the why of

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I am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. So are we all. Next the Holy Grail. I would like to find them for American English and British English. I would

Over the holidays I ate at the chain restaurant Carlos'N Charlie's. Shouldn't that 'N be an 'N'? Yes, and it shouldn't be capitalized. Remember Guns N' Roses? http://www.cncaustin.com/calendar.asp

Does anyone happen to know how the abbreviation "chix" for "chicken" happened to originate? It could be pronounced the same as the word "chicks," but that might just be a coincidence. Of course it's no

In our last episode, (Email Removed), the lovely and talented dkra broadcast on alt.usage.english: At any rate, here are a few I've seen: abit (a bit, a small amount) alot (a lot, a large ... everyday (every day - "every" modifies

Maybe I'm mishearing it, but when Homer Simpson says it ... at all. How does Homer's pronunciation, specifically, sound to others? Can someone please locate a sound file so we can listen to the same thing? It's certainly not like

It's not pronounced like "doe" or "dough". It's pronounced with a break: "d oh" because it is someone stopping themselves from saying "damn". Maybe I'm mishearing it, but when Homer Simpson says

Keith Edgerley filted: Re: QB Brett Favre. The V comes before the R. How can the case possibly be made that it's pron. "FARV"? By speakers of non-rhotic dialects of English. The "r" then becomes a mere vowel-lengthening