By Dialects, Translation

Hi Goodman. I have been living in California since 3 years ago = that'll be so unacceptable in my camp.I have been living in California for the past 3 years. = that's acceptable and will make a student pass their English test in a non-native land.Yes, the word 'ago' with a present...

<Translation: If I talk like some punk-rocker video game kid from orange county, and the other guy talks like he's a Yale grad who spent most of his free time in a library, guess who gets the job.>What's the job?

I happen to live in the USA, in Southern California to be exact. There is NO kind of openly legitimized discrimination in the workplace here. Now, having said that, I think I should point out that if two candidates are applying for a position (and assuming equal qualifications), it will fall...

A snowdrop is a flower that grows from a bulb and is in flower in the winter. http://tinyurl.com/6ohfyy The translation that is being used looks old and is using archaic words. "gauk" is a word that is no longer in use. It may be connected with the dialect word "gowk", which...

1. Peugeot - There isn't really a correct "English" way to say it. Properly, it's /pé-OU-gué-OT/ (say it like it's French). Alot of English speakers say /pay-JO/ which isn't really right, but you can get away with saying it.2. Porsche - pronounced correctly as /PORSH-uh/3. KIEHL'S - pronounced...

Hello everybody! Dear Clive, thank you for explaining the semantic difference and different conotations of the two synonyms. I am aware that ''female persons'' sounds offensive. The text is ironic, but perhaps this is not the best term. I was trying to translate the word in Croatian so I must...

My high school Chinese teacher asked me to help her translate these two abstracts from Chinese into English. I have finished, but I need to correct them into better English. Please help me. I have to give my teacher the translation. She helped me quite a lot while I encountered the most...

MrPedantic wrote: What are we to make of the fact that adult native speakers often "self-prescriptivise"? Example: "Oh, hello, MrP. MissQ was just telling Randy and me – Randy and I – about L1 acquisition." MrP I read your question wrong... oops. Um, I think that does not resemble...

Here is an explanation of the words: Sun Kingby John T. MarckSun KingThis article sponsored by:Click here to save on your favorite Music! Get CDs for half price. New Releases, Box Sets, Sound Tracks, and more. www.Half.com--> Sun King In 1971 John said that "Sun King" came to him in a...

Hello Abbie It is nice to hear you live in the northern part of England. I have some troubles about the interpretation of some passages in the Great Curse which was written in 1525 in the Scottish-English language of those days by Gavin Dunbar the Archbishop of Glasgow to condemn the border...