This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America...

A coincidence. Just as I finished lunch a hot dog on a bun, a tomato, potato salad...

I recently (fifteen minutes ago) encountered the use of "hectic" in a positive sense...

"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by...

I just read an article about a man in Canada who chased his hat underneath a slow...

Branch of English or a Separate Language? www.sottish.parliament.uk/vli/language...

There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the pronunciation of some...

“speaking is a result of acquisition, not its cause" - is anybody able to explain...

The latest round of draft entries for the New Edition of the OED has been released...

I've been watching and I 've yet to see them present a word of English /Anglo-Saxon...

I've noticed that English tends to have separate nouns for objects, such as, "grapes...

I wonder if other languages than English have the word "teenager" and the associated...

(Mailed to the International Herald Tribune and posted to alt.usage.english.) The...

Here's a fun test. The BBC has a "Spot the fake smile" test. 20 pictures of people...

The short-list for a successor to the present Pope includes Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger...

If I am writing an article about paper money, to a world-wide readership, including...

As far as I know, you usually can't leave out "got" after "have" in negative and...

I just noticed that we've had about 2 inches of snow. The UK will be closed down...

Is there a pondian difference in the use of these terms? For that matter, is there...

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