Feebs, I'm guessing the first, and rather hilarious, sentence comes from the common use of "do" to mean "have sexual intercourse with." "Man, I'd sure like to do her." If he's going to "do" all that, or who, may become a man, it means everything

To further muddy the waters, I find that "need" is starting to be used where it is not needed, so to speak, in AE. Teachers tell students, "I need you to stop making noise and sit down." Cashiers say, "I just need you to sign this for me." It's

Not the plurale tantum again!!

You don't need the comma after "that." I'd write: Looking back at the ancestral history of Ghoshals, we learn that they were once the inhabitants of Sunderbans . L ater, they relocated to Noornagar of Hooghly district.

Well darn, and I just thought of another really good word: parsimonious. But I suppose not sharing pictures really doesn't represent stinginess. Unless it were a soldier at camp with a lot of pin-up pictures, or something Maybe if it were said

Alan, I agree absolutely. This is one "Americanism" I find vulgar and embarrassing. I believe I remember a meal when someone chastised a waiter for such a remark. She said something like, "I beg your pardon? I don't have to work to eat this, it's

Or "stingy."

There's "deliberate," but I don't know if it brings in the idea of having listened to a lot of advice.

GG, I am ashamed to admit that I say "me and..." all the time as a subject. (Of course, I LIVE in Alabama.) It's not that I don't "know" better, it's just that in some contexts the right way sounds so stuffy to my ear. However, there is never any

One never knows, these days. I would say "Jesslyn" is definitely a girl, but I could be wrong. "Comy" I've never heard in my life, could go either way. "Joey" is traditionally a boy's name, but could also be a nickname for "Josephine," and really