Know Your English - July 2001

• WEREN'T YOU supposed to come over and have dinner with me yesterday?
• WHAT IS the meaning of ``sting operation''?
• What is the difference between ``while'' and ``whilst''
• Who is a ``psephologist''?
• What is the meaning and origin of the expression ``to hit the sack''?
• Does the word ``history sheeter'' exist?
• What is the meaning of ``We fear the president may be buying a lemon here''.
• WHAT IS the origin of the expression ``lion's share''?
• How is the word ``dilettante'' pronounced?
• What is the difference between ``corrigenda'' and ``errata''?
• One of my teachers keeps telling us to ``chill out''. What exactly does he mean by that?
• What is the correct spelling of ``whiskey''? Is it ``whiskey'' or ``whisky''?
• HOW WAS your trip to Madras? Was your sister happy to see you?
• WHAT IS the meaning and origin of the word ``laconic"?
• Is there a word for someone who fears thunder and thunderstorms?
• What is the difference between a ``robber" and a ``thief"?
• What is the meaning of the expression ``talk through one's hat"?
• What is the meaning of ``bimonthly"