I was watching CSI or one of its spin-offs the other night, and included was a story...

Here's a depressing article about the state of American cultural and educational...

Here is an email I received from my capmus Public Safety department, at "1:26 PM...

In our laboratory we usually refer to "stool" while outside the laboratory people...

I am reading a book that was sent to me by another poster in aue. The sender will...

I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word "hubris" emerged initially in English...

Some remarks from different posters in recent days suggest that it's time to discuss...

"Half the world's population will be speaking or learning English by 2015, researchers...

From my experience, many English-speaking people insist a thumb is not a finger,...

The airlines are considering a novel move: charge their overweight passengers more...

Hubby is currently tearing at his hair in another round of marking. I've disappeared...

X-Post de.etc.sprache.misc,alt.usage.english, F'up de.etc.sprache.misc. Answers may...

In the newsgroup alt.english.usage , the term "dialect" was recently discussed, and...

[link] or "NEW ORLEANS An 8-year-old girl was suspended for nine days for bringing...

Dear all, I want to know if high school students in the US, Canada, or Britain learn...

Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in...

So my Japanese students are asking me how to describe the colorful spherical balls...

It's a while since I heard this metaphor cited, but it has had real currency in British...

Am I the only person who has become suprised by the new Pope? He never speaks Italian...

POSTED FRIDAY - REPOSTING AS IT WAS NOT PROPAGATED - APPEARS TO HAVE GOT LOST Calling...