Where I live near Dudley, if someone says something silly we say "Don't be saft".When I said "saft" to someone from London they didn't understand.Is the word "saft"only used here,or does anybody else...
In computing, internationalization is often abbreviated to i18n, where "18" indicates the number of letters missing betwen "i" and "n". Is there a name for this linguistic device?
What is the difference of the word "Protect" and "Preserve" ? Especially when it is used to mean protecting something. Sorry if my English is strange. (Preserve: to save something or someone from...
Hi again! What does this word - bwibble - mean to an englishspeaking person's ear? Can't find the meaning anywhere, and in the text I'm translating a car is referred to as "Miss...
Prisons, literature, momentous journeys .*.*. Is there here on AB an English expert who can tell me why the two asterisks are over the ellipsis to oprn a dparagraph as above?(The ellipsis I understand...
I heard this old song on the radio and I can't remember the title or who sings it can you help. Part of the lyrics are: wanted for my tender heart in a blender watch in spin around to a beautiful...
Does anyone know why we link anything that happens in the nick of time with "11th hour"? I can only think that it goes back to the end of world war 1 which ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of...