Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2008

Google gets
 about 165,000 for irredeemably,
 about 289,000 for irredeemable,
and

I'm a Korean, and a friend of mine (also Korean) wrote a title for her
paper.
A study on realities and presidents' perception  about the anti-bias
education in child care centers

I've just discovered that the Judge who sits as President of the Queen's
Bench Division is called Igor Judge.
Such an unlikely name - and in such a context!
If I were called Judge, I think I'd look for work as a coal-miner.

I am bored with, angry with, happy with... why am I then tired *of*
something?
I can tire of something, and that's one respect in which being tired
differs from the other states.

Charlton Heston, who appeared in some 100 films in his 60-year acting
career but who is remembered chiefly for his monumental, jut-jawed
portrayals of Moses, Ben-Hur and Michelangelo, died Saturday night at
his home in Beverly Hills, ...

I believe it was a typo, but I simply didn't know what that word was.
The "twoman eye" found in the last two sentences in the following
conversation exchange.
In the exchange, they are talking about an object they found in an

You can learn English more efficiently with the help of the softwares
which are compatible with the Microsoft's Text-To-Speech(TTS)
technology.
Microsoft Text-To-Speech voice engine has been installed by default on

Sometimes you are reading something and you come across a line or
something that is so perfect you want to share it.  Sometimes it is
short enough to go into your signatures collection, but other times it
is just too long.

Two thirds of the earth is covered with water.
Two thirds of the earth are covered with water.
May I ask which verb is the most commonly used?
Actually I did a Google book search and found the one using "are" is

Hello again.
In my recent post, I gave an example sentence including a phrase "play chess
blindfold", meaning "without looking at the board".
One of the responders, rephrased it intentionally or not into "play

Please tell me, Doctor, what risks are involved?
Tell me, Students, what is the answer?
May I ask if I'm right in using capitalized words "Doctor" and
"Students"? Or should I use "doctor"and "students"?

[NOTE: Cross-posted to alt.fan.cecil-adams and alt.usage.english. I'm
reading this in alt.fan.cecil-adams.]
I understand both sides of the argument on the Scrabble dictionary. I
agree that if a word is in any standard dictionary as an English

Allah (God)
Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The
name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many
Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

My wife and I had lunch earlier today at the "Athena" restaurant. The
Athena features Greek-style food and gyros.  I had the following
conversation with the teenage waitress:
Me:  How do you pronounce g-y-r-o?  Is it "jy-row" or "gee-row"?

Another thought, prompted by the post I just made on another subject
("XVIVO intends to vigorously and promptly pursue its legal remedies")
is that when I were a lad the word "rampant"  was applied more often to
penises than to lions. As a result, when I see an outfit called ...