Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009

In Danish we have a concept that we call "whore journalism"
(luderjournalistik). It is used about texts that are written and
appear as normal articles in a paper, but whose hidden agenda is
to promote a firm or a product. This is typically seen in

To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like
American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life
thus far.
Do Americans detect any German creeping in?

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[Uncle Giles boasts a bit]
'All the same, I've had a bit of experience in my day. I've knocked a
about the world and roughed it.'

Just for fun - please name me a word
...a...e...iously since all the vowels are sorted
alphabetically :-)
As a German, I can't do a "mind dictionary search".

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There's no mention of "radiations" in the text up to this point. With
"ocular,"  I am reading them as side/unpleasant looks/regards. Of course
, it could mean other bodily code:
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Your exact reading of "for yourself" in this context
is
"by yourself," "alone," "independently"
or

   Can anybody tell me what "point-and-shoot snappers" mean?  It
seems about a kind of camera.  Thank you very much

Hello to everyone,
i would like to ask whether the following sentence is correct or not.
"If Einstein did not have any talent then he would not have become as famous
as he was."

The rescue of innocents/innocence appears to be an old theme in literature,
and Google shows a volume that deals with this theme in Medieval literature.
In modern literature, this theme provides the title image of *The* *Catcher*
*in* *the* *Rye*.  The threat is often more or less ...

"Glassily," would your first take for it be one of "dull," "apathetic"
or of "close to laughter, with tears ready to flow (of laughter)?"
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[A notice by the housemaster has been "decorated" by one of the students

On the NPR news this morning (or was it yesterday?) it was reported that
"three troops were killed." The more detailed report made clear that
they were referring to three individual servicemen (or servicewomen:
they did not specify the gender).

Is this mostly BrE: "Where had I best put this"?
I think it's a subjunctive mood form, equivalent to:
"Where should I best put this?"
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I don't get the connotation/meaning of "blue-chinned."
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The room contained two late eighteenth-century coloured prints of
racehorses (Trimalchio and the Pharisee, with blue-chinned jockeys) [...]

Does "eat tea" mean here just drink tea, or having a full meal with it?
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[Uncle Giles visits his nephew at the public-school residence/dormitory.
The boys offer him some 'tea.']