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Questions about English used in the United States and Canada, but usually not Mexico.
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"Cash me ousside" girl's speech
"Cash Me Outside": A Phonetic Analysis
Note: I am not a phonetician, so don't take the below too seriously. I'll edit this as I correct mistakes, so expect this answer to get revised many, many times. …
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The meaning of "come home"
This is correct, at least as far as the US is concerned. We would typically use the phrase "come over," defined by Cambridge as "to visit someone's home."
For a short visit, the phrase "drop by" is al …
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Is the spelling 'judgment' a feature of American English? (As opposed to the other -dg[e]men...
Looking at the relevant graphs on Ngram (e.g. this one), it appears that:
In all three cases (judg(e)ment, acknowledg(e)ment, and abridg(e)ment), the version without the "e" is more common in America …
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"Boy howdy!" Where did this expression come from, who uses it, and what does it convey?
As is often the case, the Urban Dictionary definition is completely made up in order to troll/amuse/confuse people. Note that anyone can submit a definition and that there is very little moderation; s …
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