Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

Does "to read someone out of heaven" mean "to exclude him from heaven?"
This must originate in some biblical texts, I assume ...
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[Billy finds his son with Drew Preston]

Hello to AUE.
I've recently noticed this (see subject line)  in Australia, but don't
recall hearing it in AmE (am expat Yank).
Anyone know the history? I am aware of "amah" for wet nurse or serving

In Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, ACT IV. SCENE II
( http://xahlee.org/p/titus/act4s2.html )
there's this passage:
AARON. My mistress is my mistress: this my self,

Does "from" mean "about" here:
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["He" is Thomas Dewey, the prosecutor hunting down Dutch Schultz]
I know, but he knows from taps, may be he just don't want to take the

I'd be grateful for another ambiguity verification:
"Company A accepts all responsibility for use of the software and any
results generated".
Does it mean

I am looking for a print dictionary to use when off the computer.  I
have the OED on disc but find myself overwhelmed thinking about shelling
out close to $1,000 for the book.  Would anyone care to recommend a good
dictionary?  I looked at the reviews for these on Amazon:

SEMANTIQUE (mots hybrides (50 % Gr, 50 % L); pauvreté lexicale : recours
massif à l'emprunt; absurdités sémantiques) / PHONOLOGIE (erreurs dans la
dérivation) / ORTHOGRAPHE (erreurs orthographiques dans la dérivation;
difficultés de lecture dues à une orthographe fantaisiste; ...

I'd like to ask native speakers to help me to discern the differences
in the meaning of these very similar (mostly legal) concepts:
1) agreement vs. understanding vs. arrangement;
2) modification of an agreement vs. amendment of an agreement.

I need a help for speaking English. In fact, I am an international student.
However, I am not satisfied about my English speaking, so I need to speak
more. Therefore, I'd like to have sessions with a native speaker for 2 or 3
hours a week just talking (general conversation). It is ...

I've just put up another PhotoTour page at
http://home.earthlink.net/~tony_cooper213/auemisc.html
Nothing spectacular, but some things that might be interesting to
those who are not familiar with all forms of American culture.

Help stamp out, eliminate, and abolish redundancy!

Prelude to Divergence of The Topic as if Confusion
Itself were, Then relevance itself needs a NEW factor,
Or if the Possible Facts are ignored, Then, again,
The NEWNESS itself, is NEW

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5234444.stm
'Owdo, tha sees?"
"Champerton."

Back in 2003, R. Fontana thought it was "weird or scary" that I
distinguish the vowels in 'cot' and 'father'.  But I do, and I found a
minimal pair ('.com' and 'calm') to prove it.  Hear
http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/recording.wav (replicated at

Is the following sentence ambiguous to a native speaker:
"All information provided by Company A or its Distributor shall be
treated as Company's A confidential information"?
What is confidential: