Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007

Which of the multiple meanings of "slug" do you think is used in
"slug-footed?"
------
[This is about American football]

Hi. Recently on a television programme, I heard the line: 'Did you
watch it yet?', said by one character to another, referring to a movie.
Is this idiomatic? Or even grammatical? If not, I should like to be
told exactly what's wrong with it.I was under the impression that 'Have

Google gives 4.9 million findings for magnetization and a tenth of it for
magnetisation.
Up to now I thought the z-version is AE and the s-version BE.
Merriam-Webster (which I think is AE) only knows the z-version.

Inspired by audiobooks, I decided to record myself reading some more
than just hot coffee clips.
If anyone feels like commenting on anything (style, voice, accent,
mispronounced words, noise, etc.) please do so. I can take it.

In the days of the telegram and morse code it was of course commonplace
to omit basically redundant articles of speech.
British speakers will often omit (the) definite article in casual
conversation.

This is really a good place to discuss about the English language. But
why can't I reply to the message?

Entertainers, if famous, must be too busy or tired to care for themselves.
So, i can say, sombody have to help them get prepared for kinds of events.
Especially, colthes such as suits, specail dresses, costumes and the like.
They are quite difficult to keep always clean or prepared. ...

"O, beware, my lord of jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on."

Is it possible to say the following sentences?
1.- This is the shirt I lent to you
2.- This is the shirt I lent you
Or does it depend on (or has nothing to do with) the use of the relative

Does this
"I figured I had played into the blue ones"
mean
"I thought I got lucky?"

Oscar Wilde's _The Happy Prince_ begins like this:
High above the city, on a tall column,
stood the statue of the Happy Prince.  
He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold,

Any good techniques for washing up?
So you don't get asked to do it again.

Todo este tipo de informacion siempre ayuda a la hora de darle
direccion a una presentacion

The Yahoo search page usually contains a tip on shortcuts to use to find
particular items. For economical motoring it has:
"See where to fill up for cheap. Type: gas [zip code]."
BrE would usually have "Fill up cheap". So is "for cheap" a standard AmE

On Jan 12, 6:43 pm, "tinwhistler" <ozziemal...@post.harvard.edu> wrote:

Niggardly is a word synonymous with stingy and miserly, and a niggard
(noun) is a miser.