Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2007

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      I feel confused about the three words.  Sometimes people use
"pass" to refer to the ticket, such as "weekly pass".  Sometimes
people use "admission", such as "national park admission" to refer to
the ticket.  Is there any difference or preference in the usage of the

I heard on the radio that some Brits were dismayed when they heard
that the murderer at Virginia Tech was Asian, and that they use the
word to refer only to south Asians.
Can anyone estimate the percentage of English, Scottish, Irish, etc.

Is there a synonym for epigone in the sense of
A member of a succeeding (and less distinguished) generation.
Tia.

Assume that today is 100F, yesterday was 95F. That means today is
hotter than yesterday. But what if I want to express that yesterday
was less hot ( OR less hotter) than today.
What is correct? LESS HOT or LESS HOTTER?

How come the plural of "roach" as in a common insect is "roaches", but
the plural of "Roach", as in a cyprinid fish found in Europe appears
to be "Roach"?

Hi. I invite members to come up with all the Clinton jokes you can
remember or even make up. I know it's several years too late. But what
the hey.
Here are a couple I remember

You probably know that English words don't have accent marks, except
some words that come from French. I only know one word: café, a
coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar, a small or unpretentious restaurant.
Do you now any more words? What about paté? Is this an English word?

I read a report in the Independent today that had the headline: 'On
television I can pick out Murali's doosra, but it's different from 22
yards'.
I wondered at first if it was a reference to a distinctive form of

Any difference, thx!

In the following article for our radio program's news, "in theaters"
did not quite feel right. However, when I did a Google search I found
both being used.
Any comments?

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What is the difference between "satisfy" and "satiate"? Do both of the
following sentences have the exact meaning?
1) "If you thought Hillary was going to run away from Bill in order to
satiate the Clinton haters, think again."

Can you please help me understand what it means "one of degree"?
"...their aim is to prevent or restrict, the difference is one of
degree, the review of decisions"..
When someone says "is one of degree", what does this mean?

Would you say "There is a man and a woman in the house" or "There are
a man and a woman in the house"?
I would definitely say "is", but "are" seems much more logical. (We
say "There are two people in the house" or "A man and a woman are in