Hazing
I was watching CSI or one of its spin-offs the other night, and included was a story...
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University Slang
I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word "hubris" emerged initially in English...
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"Long" Vowels And "Short" Vowels
Some remarks from different posters in recent days suggest that it's time to discuss...
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Thumbs - Just Curious
From my experience, many English-speaking people insist a thumb is not a finger,...
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Metrosexuals A No-No For Linguists
Metrosexuals a no-no for linguists The Associated Press The TImes of India Thursday...
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"Jell-O Shots"
[link] or "NEW ORLEANS An 8-year-old girl was suspended for nine days for bringing...
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Do High School Students In The US, Canada...
Dear all, I want to know if high school students in the US, Canada, or Britain learn...
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The Pope's Language: Latin
Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian...
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The Old College Try
"School" "College" "University" They often seem to me to be interchangeable in AmE...
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An Undistinguished Third?
Could someone familiar with English university grading explain to me the system used...
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Hey, One Of You Newspaper Archive Guys...
I first remember encountering the term "politically correct" in a Wall Street Journal...
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"Pippa Passes" - Rude Word In The Browning...
I've just been reading a book on Victorian prudery, as applied to Roman artefacts...
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How Women Allegedly Differ From Men
From a recent article in the New York Times: 'How the functioning of X chromosomes...
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English Public School Lingo
Reading "My Name Is Michael Sibley" by John Bingham (1952), I ran across some terms...
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My Pet Dog?
Pleae help me to correct them, thanks! I have a pet dog. I named it Doggie. Doggie...
'Myself' Essay....
Hello, I'm trying to describe myself in an essay (this is my 2nd trial in writing...
Pronunciation Of Words Begining With Wh...
There seems to be a camp who insist that words beginning with wh like "whale" "white...
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Choosing Sides
What doe "choosing sides" in the following excerpt mean? For the first time since...
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The Bearded British Male
I found the following article, which suggests that beardedness is not as common among...
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Goloshes: The Chekhov Code?
Many learned articles have been written about Chekhov, but I don't remember any that...
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