And the British have always loved their cure-all "nice cup of tea" so nice definitely modifies the entire noun-phrase "cup of tea" (often even jokingl...

Hehe, that's a good 'mondegreen'! I bet people didn't expect the new pope to start his first speech as pontiff with "good evening" in Italian (or ...

I too was struck by the fact that perhaps for the first time (as a church historian I would have to check that!) an encyclical opens with (and hence b...

EmmettRedd said I don't know about UP Finns, but I know some Minnesota Norwegians who don't use objects for some prepositions. For example, "We w...

I presume they mean 1 in 3 of the women who die in any given year dies of heart disease or stroke.

Peano said Who uses revert to mean reply? People who don't know what "revert" means. Dutch speakers frequently use "revert" it in English...

polistra said I'm not sure that 'as the case may be' has any real meaning. In the sentence about India, 'as the case may be' can be omitted enti...

tomfornicola said My daughter has a Doctor who has the last name Doctor. My wife giggles every time they call from Dr. Doctor's office. Could ...

tomfornicola said My daughter has a Doctor who has the last name Doctor. My wife giggles every time they call from Dr. Doctor's office. And for...

Boli said A realty company of over fifty years in business with "Robcon "as their name.I do not think they have a clue. In a similar vein, I alw...

About "haircuts" - I've been working in financial translation, and the term gained popularity (and maybe a slightly different meaning?) after the fina...

I agree entirely about the need to learn nouns with their gendered articles for languages that have them (French, Spanish, Italian, German, etc.). The...