Which Americanism(s) that have crept into the English language, do you hate the most? The one that jangles my nerves the most is when people want to buy something in a shop and say "Can I get a"...
for example, gay used to mean happy, then homosexual, then a bit crap. awful, i am told, did not used to mean terrible, but full of awe. does this changing of meaning have a term?
I read a children's book in 1965, which was about a raven. It had a red and black cover I think, with drawings inside. It was such a wonderful,almost mythical story that I've never forgotten its...
I'm thinking about starting using Google Docs for creating and storing some rather important documents. Before I make the plunge: Is there a risk of serious problems, like for instance suddenly not...
Anyhoo... Is it possible that when we hover our mouses over a question in recent post box over there >>that we can have the facility to see who the question author is? I'm asking as I've noticed...
I'm looking for the title of a Rolling Stones song. I think the video was released in the early or mid 90's. Mick Jagger wore a sleeveless shirt and eyeliner. I also remember a woman with curly hair....
(This is a rerun of a question I asked a while back in the main category. Didn't get any replies there - could it be that the real buffs dwell in subcategories only? Sorry to be such a pain in the...
Upon seeing this case, it got me thinking that i've seen comments far more threatening on this site. Will this judgement have an effect on how The Answerbank run this place? If they continue to let...
.... is deafening' ' You could cut the tension with a knife' We all know what is meant when phrases like these are used However, is this something that is peculiar to our language - or are there...
Ed can you do somthing about this, I posted this question a few weeks ago, it times out nearly always. "Hi Ab ed, quite often now when I go to "Questions I've answered" I get timed out, this is...
Has it in your opinion been sufficiently established that high oleic oils are wholesome in foods or is it more a case of "well at least they're better than transfats aren't they... or at least we...
Does anyone know who painted this? I was googling for images and stumbled upon this one on a Turkish blog I intended to return to later, but now I can't find it again. (Not that I understand Turkish...
Here's a quote I found on the internet. My question is whether or not the first comma is correctly placed. It looks quite clumsy to me to put it within the quotation marks: A Healing Dream can never...
I am trying to track down this knife from an outlet in the UK.I have Goggled myself silly to no avail . They only seem to have them in the US ....does anyone know if they are are actually available...