Know Your English - July 2004

• HOW IS the word "silhouette" pronounced?
• What is the origin of the word "villain"?
• Is it necessary to have two examples before using "etc"?
• What is the difference between "center" and "centre"?
• What is the expansion of e.g?
• What is the difference between "I go to school" and "I go to the school"?
• What is the meaning of "more than one way to skin a cat"?
• What is the meaning of "cult figure"?
• What is the difference between "honourable" and "honorary"
• How is the word "peripheral" pronounced?
• What is the origin of "disc jockey"?
• What's the difference between "show someone the door" and "show someone to the door"?
• Is it OK to use the word "ranker" to mean someone who has got a good rank?
• Is it OK to say, "revert back"?
• What is the meaning of "thereby hangs many tales"?
• What is the origin of "pay through one's nose"?
• Which is correct? "Dead cheap" or "dirt-cheap"?
• Is it OK to say "Happy bon voyage"?
• Which is correct? "I work for NATO" or "I work for the NATO"?