Mike Oxwells wrote: ..anyhoo.here are some slang terms from New Zealand ok? There's still alot of vowels in the words you list Mike. I thought kiwis didn't believe in vowels...

Being a Brit and hearing "glottal stopping" on the increase in the UK, I have 2 questions about glottal stops: 1) Is the glottal stop ever used in American or Australian English? 2) Is there an international phonetic symbol for the glottal

Wwwdotcom wrote: I doubt any American would ever say "I am not very finished with this book" I don't think any native English speaker would say that....

Anonymous wrote: What's the difference between 2204 lb and 1000 kg? Zilch. So tonne is simply how the Brits spell ton. This is not strictly correct Anon. Since the UK is pretty much "bi-lingual" these days when it comes to measures (eg

I think it's from an episode of "Fawlty Towers" where Basil is entertaining some German guests at the hotel. He tells his staff: "Don't mention the War", then, after a bang on the head can't stop mentioning it himself. The episode is called "The

Point of interest: All five statements are in American English and it's unlikely you'd hear them in the U.K. We would add an "at" before "home".

It always intrigues me that the waves of invasion that have contributed to the English language - Latin, Nordic, Saxon, French - are considered to have "enriched" the language, whereas American is thought of as an unwelcome "invader", which could

Do you perhaps mean "He called in but didn't pick it up" (ie without the "it" after called)? This sentence would mean he visited the pharmacy but failed to pick up his prescription. I'm not familar with the usage of "He called it in" in this

I would say the 2 phrases are virtually interchangeable, but have subtley different meanings. "Means of transport" would be used when the actual "method" (eg car, train etc) is not of interest, simply the fact that transport is available. eg

I see the word I used has been auto-edited. I meant no offence by it - it is simply the English equivalent of "ass" with reference to the buttocks, and is spelled like "sparse" but without the "sp"...