Speling Refohrm
Hay, Yahl*, Luhks liek itz ben awiel sins ther haz ben anee seereeus diskushon ov...
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Decline Of The English Language
Here is a mini lesson for those native English-language speakers that write as though...
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Dice - Die
Hi AUE, I hope you can help me with this issue which we've been discussing in alt...
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Ah = Ar, Aw = Or, Aw =/= Ah / Ar
Where I come from, good old England (north), these equalities hold. However, when...
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Non-Fat
"Non-fat" milk, ice cream, yogurt etc. Anyone else have a problem with this? I always...
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A Lamentation Of Swans
Hi all, Can anyone confirm whether the phrase "a lamentation of swans" is the correct...
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For Some, Ships Are Feminine - Or Is That...
There is a discussion going on in fr.lettres.langue.anglaise about the use in English...
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From The Companion Volume To PBS Television...
Do You Speak American is a program which will appear on the US television network...
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Sunday Night (In Taiwan) Legal Humor
From the U. of Northern Florida's Web edition of the Spinnaker (quote) ridiculous...
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John Doe And Jane Doe
In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe is an "acronym" for a unknown corpse -...
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Surprise No. 2: 'Polish Sausage' And ...
In a previous post to alt.english.usage , I wrote the following, in response to a...
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The Continent
I was reading a biography of someone who traveled among Germany, France, England...
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Bongo, Bwana?
For reasons unknown to me, a post I wrote to this thread, and which I reposted when...
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Muffin Again
I thought we had finally settled the muffin issue: 1) The (English) muffin - a doughy...
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Words Still Used In America But No Longer...
At it is asserted that the words and phrases in the left column below, all commonplace...
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American English And British English
Hi there and Happy New year all I think one of my new year resolutions is to improve...
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New Hampshire Supreme Court Cites From...
I was watching Paula Zahn Now on CNN and a legal case in New Hampshire was the...
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'La-La Land'
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fourth Edition 2000) says...
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Educated Americans?
"Educated Americans have a tendency to think that intelligence can be directly assessed...
Is There Really Such A Word As "Amortization...
I decided to use the [link] web page to look up the Swedish / Norwegian word "amortering...
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