Community Discussions
What do you think of my handwriting? don't patronize me.
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“If I were president this would’ve never happened” why not “if I’d been president”?
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Are a and b both right?
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Question for British native speakers
What do you call these vegetables: an aubergine or an eggplant? A courgette or zucchini (or squash)?
American terms considered to be outdated by rest of English-speaking world
I had a thought, and I think this might be the correct subreddit. I was thinking about the word "fortnight" meaning two weeks. You may never hear this said by American English speakers, most would probably not know what it means. It simply feels very antiquated if not archaic. I personally had not heard this word used in speaking until my 30s when I was in Canada speaking to someone who'd grown up mostly in Australia and New Zealand. But I was wondering, there have to be words, phrases or sayings that the rest of the English-speaking world has moved on from but we Americans still use. What are some examples?
Doesn't it embarass you to call Richards “Dick”?
As a person who never lived in an English-speaking country and isn't an English native speaker, it seems kinda disrespectful and weird for me when the name Richard is shortened as “Dick“. I understand “Rik“, because it's literally in the name, but why Dick? If my name was Richard this way of referring would confuse me because not only does this word mean male genitals but also is often used as a synonym to an asshole, someone who behaves in off-putting and unjustified ways. How do English native speaking Richards even feel about it? Lol
Do “crying” and “cyan” rhyme in your accent?
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What does “not half crowded in North American English? “Not crowded at all”?
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Which one? the teacher said "second option' why not first and third?
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Are there any English words you dislike?
I personally don't like the word butcher. I oftentimes pronounce the u like the one in bucket. I guess that a common mistake foreign speaker do.