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Questions about English used in the United States and Canada, but usually not Mexico.
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Foods that "insult" the body
How common is the word insult in the sense "[cause] bodily injury/trauma" in modern day English?
Is it chiefly medical speak, or has it spread into general print that even the layperson knows what it …
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"slick" vs. "slippery" for a road, sidewalk, etc. in NAmEng vernacular
What's the difference between these terms?
slippery
: tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, or a wet surface: a slippery road. Random House Kennerman Webster's College Dictiona …
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"woodsy" vs. "woody" for "covered with trees/wooded" in NAmEng
What's the difference between those terms?
Context would be a quaint little village nestled into a hillside covered with trees, sort of like this one.
WOODY:
4. Abounding in trees; wooded. (Amer …
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"the 'first/last' of the [day/night/week, etc.]" for "the 'beginning/end' of the [day/night/...
Where in the U.S. and Canada do they say, at the first/last of [the day/night/week, etc.] for at the beginning/end of [the day/night/week, etc.]?
Luck had it that they only experienced a very minor s …
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"Would you mind and do something" in nonstandard colloquial AmEng
Does Would you mind and do something instead of Would you mind doing something sound acceptable in spoken AmEng, or is it an attempt to imitate or render colloquial speech in not so formal writing?
W …
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"black ice" vs. "glare ice" vs. "glaze" in NAmEng
What's the difference between those varieties of ice forming on paved surfaces during the cold season?
black ice
sometimes called clear ice: a thin, nearly invisible coating of ice that forms on pave …
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"wallet" vs. "[change] purse" in NAmEng and BrEng vernaculars
Is a man's change purse sometimes called wallet by their owner?
If so, what would they usually call their actual wallet to distinguish it from their change purse?
purse:
a small bag, pouch, or case f …
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"[ball]park" in AmEng vernacular
Are the terms ballpark and park specific to baseball in AmEng, or can they also be used for every which athletic stadium in which ball games like soccer or rugby are played?
For example, would a coupl …
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Ambiguous meaning of NAmEng sense of "skill" in Harrap's English-French Dictionary
Harrap's New Shorter English-French/French-English Dictionary, Ed. 1982, states,
skill
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1. habileté f, adresse f, dextérité f; technical skill, habileté, aptitude f, technique; compéte …
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"trade" for "business deal; transaction" in North American vernacular
Harrap's New Shorter English-French Dictionary, Ed. 1982, states,
trade
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2. (b) NAm (i) transaction (commerciale); (ii) clientèle f (d'une maison); carriage trade, grosse clientèle.
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Now, …
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