Comments: Concentrate on writing sensible questions. Learn the pattern and construction from the answers given to you and build on it. Don't try to be creative and start your own brand of English. I mean it in a positive way. Ok, for

I don't understand why it should be so, but every English-speaking nation seems to have a different word for walking in the wilderness: hiking, bushwalking, hill-walking, tramping, trekking, etc. It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One

I don't understand why it should be so, but every English-speaking nation seems to have a different word for walking in the wilderness: hiking, bushwalking, hill-walking, tramping, trekking, etc. Yes, strange, isn't it? I wondered if it

So that's where it comes from, does it? I've seen "footpads" used for "paths" or "trails" in some Aussie bushwalking guidebooks. Are you sure they weren't Aussie *bushwhacking* guidebooks? I don't

Per R=F8nne) typed thus: =20 obAUE - "driver's license" is American English. The UK ... - I point this out in a spirit of=20 helpfulness). driving (or driver's) licence. =3D=3D=3D It says nothing about a difference between UK and

But you may use bikes and rollerskates without a driver's licence :-). obAUE - "driver's license" is American English. The UK version is "driving licence" - you've conflated the two to make "driver's

Per R=F8nne) typed thus: =20 =20 It was 16 for motorcycles and 17 for cars (in the UK) when I passed my tests. Well, I do think that the low age for driving cars has been standardized in Europe. To 18. Nope. The age for driving a car in the UK is

We (in the US) would say "African American" What about 4th generation descendants of, say, Koreans? 'Korean american', or just 'korean'? If their ethnicity was relevant, I'd go with 'Korean' unless it seemed

And in American Sign Language, the sign used to translate the English word "Negro" is now considered to be to ... English word, it is represented by fingerspelling, "N-E-G-R-O." That is according to the author of the following

Per Rønne) typed thus: That's news to me but officially it's forbitten in Denmark ... never been prosecuted though of course, genuine child abuse is. I think Robin is overstating the case. Physical punishment of children by their parents