Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007

It says something like : it is not important what we learn. It is important
what we learn may not be as true as it is.

When I was in Leftpondia, we called the legal claiming of amounts
from someone's pay "garnishee-ing".  (AFAIK the term's not used in
the UK, where it's an "attachment of earnings".)
The verb was colloquially used in an entirely regular manner:  

What us the correct plural of stone (14 lbs)? Do you (English people)
ever say "stones"?

What is the meaning you see in the "step to it" here?
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[This is a passage written by Cass Mastern in his journal during the
Civil War era, thus the language must be appropriate, I assume]

I've just started a British group on here, and I am concetrating on
Hoke, Moore and Cumberland counties in North Carolina.  This group is
for Brits living in those counties, and anyone who like Brits...