Discussion Groups / English Usage / August 2007

Lingerie is a term for women's fashion underwear. It derives from the
French word 'lin' for linen. While the term in the French language
applies to all underwears for either sex, in English it is applied
only to those women's underwears designed to be visually appealing or

I wonder if the following sentences means the same thing.
1.Corporate Profile for Wai Lana Productions, LLC
2.Corporate Profile of Wai Lana Productions, LLC

Ambassador says to Prof. Higgins:
"You have a live one here tonight.  He introduced himself as your
pupil.  Is he any good?"
It is quite obvious that "a live one" here is about Prof. Higgins'

According to the Guiness Book of World Records, there are as many as
2,241 synonyms for the state of being "drunk." How many can you list?
- from the American Language section of www.odd-info.com

I start an essay with the following introduction, Can you please
correct and help me to make it smooth and idiomatic? (I prefer
American English)
"In a discussion of my friends, we raised a question about what is the

I've recently been asked to tell the difference between those two
prepositions in a context where both of them seem appropriate. I mean
sentences like:
It's difficult for / to me.

I am planning to drop my subscription to rec.sport.football.college
and subscribe to this newsgroup. I've outgrown those rowdy ne'er-do-
wells and hope to find enlightenment and refined cultural intercourse
here with AEU.

I find  pronouncing "English speaker" difficult. The last "sh" sound
of "English" either replaces the beginning "s" sound of "speaker" or
it is lost.If I pronounce conciously then there is perceptible pause
between the words....

From one song of Bob Marlay: su-su pon
Some will eat and drink with you,
Then behind them SU-SU 'PON you
Thanks and good day