Know Your English - August 2004

• Know Your English
• What is the meaning of "pie in the sky"?
• How is the word "incommunicado" pronounced?
• What does "netizen" mean?
• Is it OK to say, "Cut jokes in class"?
• What's the difference between "He is honest" and "He is being honest"?
• What is the difference between "contagious" and "infectious"?
• What is the meaning and origin of "keep it under your hat"?
• What is the difference between "affect" and "effect"?
• What is the meaning of "brouhaha"? How is it pronounced?
• Is "tiffin" an English word?
• How should you greet a couple after they have been married for a month?
• What is the origin of "square meal"?
• Is it correct to say, "Both Rahul as well as Peter live in Hosur"?
• Which is correct? "Curd" or "curds"?
• What is the difference between "nought" and "naught"?
• How is the word "rendezvous" pronounced?
• What is the meaning and origin of "face the music"?
• Is it okay to say, "The convict would be hung tomorrow"?
• How is the word "suite" pronounced?
• What is the difference between "dispute" and "argument"?