The broadcast media seem to have decided that "Ralph" should be pronounced "rafe". I've known of, for example, Ralph Richardson and Ralph Vaughan Williams for most of my life, but suddenly and fairly recently they've

Is this what you're after? Maybe be too TEFL-ey/basic for your audience (sorry if you've thought of these already) - clean up our board: after a particularly messy lesson, work with students to organise the board into a set of clear notes

I believe the spelling is "When did you use to go to France?" I've always been shaky on the spelling in this case, in an attempt to reflect the pronunciation. I would normally ... (="accustomed"). I can't think of any

I believe the spelling is "When did you use to go to France?" I've always been shaky on the spelling in this case, in an attempt to reflect the pronunciation. I would normally ... me. (I do realise that it can't be justified on

At 08:15:06 on Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Einde O'Callaghan (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed): For which one might better say "When did you used to go to France?". I believe the spelling is "When did you use to go to France?"

OED1's definition is a nice read, but I won't quote ... adoption of the mod. French spelling, without the Fr. pronunciation." Do they have anything to say about on "roast briscuit"? No, but "Breton bruchet and Welsh

OED1's definition is a nice read, but I won't quote it here as I still use the codex version. Its ... still pronounced; the current biscuit is a senseless adoption of the mod. French spelling, without the Fr. pronunciation." Do they

Do you think a thing is only a biscuit if it has been cooked twice? I theorize, without support from OED, that the bis element refers not so much to baking on two occasions, as to baking 'twice as much'. Bake a plain scone rather too long,

}> (My Uncle Maurice (and all the rest of us) used while he was alive (the }> rest of us still so use) to pronounce his name ('mOris) (MORRis).) } } I assume you used and use to use the } 'orange' (cot) vowel in

For the diligent reader, here's some etymological lore about lobsters, crayfish, prawns, and other lexicographically challenging but delicious crustaceans. First, this from AHD3: Word History: The crayfish, also known as the crawfish, owes its