Know Your English - June 2009

June 2009

• What is the difference between a `hotel' and a `motel'? (20090630)
• How is the word `shibboleth' pronounced? (20090630)
• Is it okay to begin a letter with `hi' when you are writing to someone you don't know? (20090630)
• Does the word `missent' exist? (20090630)
• How do you answer the question, `What time of day do you like to go swimming?' (20090623)
• What is the meaning of `designated texter'? (20090623)
• How is the word `spaghetti' pronounced? (20090623)
• What is the meaning of `add insult to injury'? (20090623)
• What is the meaning of `duh'? (20090623)
• What is the meaning of ‘pencil in’? (20090616)
• How is the word ‘gaseous’ pronounced? (20090616)
• What do you call someone who goes to someone’s party without being invited? (20090616)
• What is the difference between ‘call for’ and ‘call upon’? (20090616)
• Is it okay to say ‘complete novice’? (20090616)
• What is the meaning of the expression ‘elephant in the room’? (20090616)
• Know Your English (20090609)
• How is the word ‘paean’ pronounced? (20090602)
• What is the difference between ‘apoplexy’ and ‘apocalypse’? (20090602)
• What is the meaning of ‘straw in the wind’? (20090602)
• What is the meaning of ‘medical tourism’? (20090602)