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| location | Switzerland | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
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Native speaker of British English.
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Feb 18 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 25 |
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Why do we say “right-hand side”? It gets worse when people refer to right-hand and left-hand pedals... |
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Jul 23 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jul 19 |
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Does ambulance refer to the vehicle being used or the purpose of the vehicle? edited tags |
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Jul 19 |
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Does ambulance refer to the vehicle being used or the purpose of the vehicle? I’m guessing this question was prompted by the perhaps unexpected use of the word ambulance in the title of the Wikipedia article featuring that photo: Ambulance emergency response vehicle. But what do you want to know that isn’t adequately explained there, or by the linked ambulance article? FWIW, akutläkarbil means emergency medical car, and Swedish uses ambulans for ambulance. |
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Jul 18 |
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Pedantic: Is the “triangle” instrument badly named? Removed meta tag |
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Jul 17 |
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What does ‘Put one's big boy (girl) pants on’ mean? @MT: Good points about AmE vs. BrE; I’d add that in the UK pants is more likely to refer to men’s than women’s undies (which are perhaps more commonly called knickers). And what you call diapers, we call nappies... |
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Jul 11 |
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Is there one term for grammar, punctuation and spelling? I remember a teacher at school being less than impressed at an exam board’s use of the acronym SPAG for this purpose... |
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Jul 1 |
answered | What do you call someone with the same occupation as you, but works for a different company? |
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Jul 1 |
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Is there a name for letters that “cross the line” (hang low) when written in lowercase (g, j, p, q, y)? edited tags |
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Jul 1 |
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Most common name for this kind of image edited tags |
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Jul 1 |
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What do you call the interconnecting bits of a puzzle piece in English? edited tags |
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Jun 30 |
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What does “a couple” mean to you, and what does “a few” mean to you? xkcd.com/1070 |
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Jun 30 |
answered | Phrase for focusing on unimportant details |
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Jun 30 |
answered | Is there a word for “active activities?” |
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Jun 30 |
answered | How should I address a letter to a married couple who are both doctors? |
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Jun 29 |
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“Mold” vs. “Mould” edited tags |
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Jun 29 |
answered | One word for someone who eats hurriedly |
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Jun 29 |
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One word for someone who eats hurriedly edited tags |
