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What is the difference between English and British? The country of which I am a citizen is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain is the largest of the British Isles and is home to England, Scotland and Wales I was born in England and, apart from several extended periods abroad, have lived my life in England That makes me ethnically English and politically British Although Great Britain is a geographical term
Where does the getting weaker definition of flagging come from? Ah, So the meaning of flag (v) does NOT derive from a metaphor, like I thought, but comes direct from a word in a parent language Thanks After some more research, it also appears that flag (n) might come from flaquir too (in the sense of a flag being something that droops or hangs loose), or it could be a totally unrelated false cognate, from a proto-germanic root for flatness
What are the differences between, and the connotations of, flag . . . Standards, however, are a type of flag used for personal identification and will only carry the coat of arms of its owner, such as the Royal Standard in the UK or the personal standard of any armiger Hence, a standard is a type of flag but a flag isn't necessarily a standard
Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English) Aside from the offensive meaning, colloquial British English uses the term fag to indicate a cigarette James has gone outside for a fag In my googling, I thought perhaps this originates from one
Plural of staff (stick) — staffs or staves? [closed] For staff in the sense of "a body of employees", the plural is always staff; otherwise, both staffs and staves are acceptable, except in compounds, such as flagstaffs Staves is rare in North America except in the sense of "magic rod", or the musical notation tool; stave of a barrel or cask is a back-formation from staves, which is its plural
etymology - Origins of the current meaning of stick-in-the-mud . . . What you refer to as the older meaning of the idiom actually applies to related expressions like: stick in the mire and stick in the briers These phrases mean that someone has got themselves involved into a lot of trouble These are rarely in use and have now been replaced by phrases like being in a pickle or being in a hole or getting bogged down Stick-in-the-mud, although formulated along
offensive language - Is the term halfcast racist? - English Language . . . The word is half-caste: half-caste noun : a person of mixed racial or cultural descent : HALF-BREED adjective : of the rank of or relating to a half-caste Many dictionaries flag half-caste as being "offensive," "often offensive," or "derogatory " Interestingly, while OxfordDictionaries com lists a related term, mulatto ("a person with one white and one black parent") as being offensive, it
Origin of the term Pom - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A distant memory and first instinct is telling me that it's because the original people sent to colonise Australia from the UK were convicts From looking online I found the abbreviation pom which is 'prisoner of (his) majesty'