The English Oracle

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Is there a formal word for people that are local to a place?

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"Balconies", "porches", "decks", "terraces", "verandas", "lanais", "galleries", and "piazzas" in GAE and dialectal AE

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"Rumpus" vs "ruckus"

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What is the sound/audio equivalent of "unsightly"?

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What's a generic name for an attack animal?

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Reason for the strange meaning of "for any length of time"?

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Inquiry vs. enquiry

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Different uses of 'kaffir' by white South Africans and Muslims

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Burden TO or ON some one/thing?

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Difference between "Labyrinth" and "Maze"

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Pronunciation of "often"

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99% of people would do x

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Word for someone preferring homeopathic treatments to western medicine

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Why is a door prize called a "door prize"?

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Difference between War and Warfare

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Adjective for engine running at high speed

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Was the abbreviation "PC" for "Personal computer" in wide use before the IBM PC?

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Where did “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” originate?

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Is there an English equivalant to the Russian saying "the baker never buys his bread"?

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What is this swastika-looking symbol in John Hancock's family papers from circa 1762?

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Is there a word to describe the smell of death?

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Is there a reason the British omit the article when they "go to hospital"?

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Ways to write "2000 year old"

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Origin of "they don't know they're born"?

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Usage of 'Dear All'

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"Not possible" and "Impossible"

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Is there a "-cide" word for murdering a child who is older than one and unrelated to the murderer?

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Word that describes both skills and experience together

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Which one sounds better: schedule at a time slot or schedule to a time slot?

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What does "it’s the head of the fish that stinks" mean?

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"do you have time" or "do you have the time"?

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"exhibition" vs. "exposition" vs. "exhibit" in AmEng

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Why do we say "Hurricane prepares to hit east coast?"

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What is one word for phone number, email address, skype?

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Something can be estimated therefore it is "estimatable"?

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What does "kick him off his peg" mean?

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How did Americans greet each other before "Hi"?

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Modal vs Non-Modal vs Auxiliary modal vs Conjugated Verb

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What is the best word or expression that describes the Hindi word "Jootha"?

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"How long have you [had/been having] this?" - Cont. or Simple?

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What is the word for nouns with gender-specific forms?

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What is the correct English word for this piece of paper around these notebooks?

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“Is on” or “are on”?

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English equivalent of saying “Don’t get in between the nail and the flesh”?

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What on Earth does "cheap at half the price" mean?

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Is "faff" well understood outside Britain?

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Name for this particular part of a boat?

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Is there a standard ordering for the question mark and the exclamation mark used together?

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Idiom for the phrase "someone who gets what he deserved"

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Why is it "sequacity" and not "sequenicity"?

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