Below is everything (newest at top) with "culture OR humor OR language OR english" in its title or subcategories. For a strict listing (matching all categories and subcats), click hereMLB BANS 2 FANS WHO GRABBED BETTS INDEFINITELYfrom 2025 in ( education / language / english / headlines )
Major League Baseball has banned two fans, Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen, who interfered with Dodgers star Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks.... espn.com/mlb/story//id/43362055/mlb-bans... read more WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHEST OF DRAWERS AND A BUREAUfrom 2022 in ( education / language / english )
Because I keep wondering what to call that thing we have in our entryway/foyer (another term I go back and forth on)! Here is an explanation:The main difference between the chest of drawers and the bureau is that a chest has multiple compartments while a bureau has only one large compartment. A bureau also has a m... read more WORD OF THE DAY: FASCISMfrom 2021 in ( education / language / english )Fascism is not an ideology, it's a means to power -- Benito Mussolini According to merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascismMerriam Webster online , it means: a political philosophy, movement, or regime... that exalts nation and often race above the individual... In Italian... read more FOREIGN WORDS WE USE IN ENGLISHfrom 2021 in ( education / language / english )This first one, lexico.com/explore/foreign-words-and-phraseslexico.com , is a great site on this subject, though a LOT of the words they list are never used by anyone but dilettantes (from the French and, surprisingly, not listed there). altalang.com/beyond-words/2... read more AMERICAN-ENGLISH WORDS THAT SEEM TO BE UNIVERSALfrom 2021 in ( education / language / english )Judging by foreign-language TV shows/movies I've watched, here are a few English and/or American-English words / mutterings / phrases that now seem universal, no matter which language you speak:Mm-hmm or uh-huh -- meaning yes;OK or okay;Hey;Super pronounced supah -- meaning great;Of course, the Italian wo... read more WHEN TO USE WHO INSTEAD OF WHOMfrom 2020 in ( education / language / grammar / english )Almost everyone uses the word whom incorrectly. Whom is ONLY correct when following a preposition as in of whom, to whom, from whom, etc. That is the ONLY time you use whom instead of who. And, yes, even your English teacher probably gets it wrong. :) Who without the m is a perfectly valid word.... read more WHAT IS TITLE CASE?from 2020 in ( education / language / grammar / english )This might be useful: thoughtco.com/title-case-capitalization-1692469title-case-capitalization Title case is one of the conventions used for capitalizing the words in a title, subtitle, heading, or headline: capitalize the first word, the last word, and all major words in bet... read more WORD OF THE DAY: DINKUMfrom 2010 in ( education / language / english )(DING-kuhm)Dinkum, also dinky-di, fair dinkum, adjectiveTrue; honest; genuine. Etymology: Probably derived, like many other Australian words, from English dialect. The counties of Lincolnshire and Derbyshire had a word or dincum meaning work; a fair share of work. The word was first recorded in Australia in Rolf Boldrewood&... read more WORD OF THE DAY: PARSIMONIOUSfrom 2010 in ( education / language / english )
Our word of the day is parsimonious(par-si-MO-nee-uhs)adjective: Excessively sparing or frugal. Etymology From Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parcere (to spare). First recorded use: 1598. Usage President Calvin Coolidge was so with words that he became known... read more |
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