Americans rarely read! Conjecture, yes, but what else could explain this? I don...

Recently, we've had a discussion on the "rank" of various countries, in particular...

Is this a strictly American alternative for 'female student' ? What do, say, Australians...

Does anyone have any comments about this?

My son has asked me to tap into the collective wisdom of aue - here is his request...

An off-topic thread in alt.folklore.computers brought it to my attention that many...

Recently I was watching "Men in Black" (it was being played on a cable station and...

What do Americans say when we say "Only in America"? Stupot

I just phoned a hospital in England and was told by a recorded voice that the extension...

I've noticed on American-oriented dictionaries/wordlists dotted about the WWW that...

According to Garner's Modern American Usage, substiting the phrase "as well" for...

That is so not true. You are so not hideous. I've heard these from American TV anmations...

It appears that, with the death of the four "civilian contractors" in Iraq yesterday...

OK, it took 20 years, but today I had a revelation. The fact that it took 20 yrs...

Having skip-read the transcript of last night's debate at www.nytimes.com (free registration...

There's been quite a debate going on on Wikipedia on the relative meanings of these...

In e.g. "American History 101", what does the 101 mean, and what is the correct context...

I see that the Manchester United fans have called a boycott on the team's sponsors...

For me, to be called a foreigner, one has to speak a different language. I don't...

An interesting article about Rightpondia in today's Guardian: [link] Comment An...