English For All: Know Your English

Know Your English - May 2002

Lackadaisical, frosty ... WHAT IS the meaning and origin of "red-faced"?
How do you address a female Mayor? "Mayor" or "Mayoress"?
What is the difference between "on foot'' and "by foot''?
What the meaning of "smell a rat''?
Is it OK to say, "I have forgotten my briefcase at home''?
What do the letters P. R. stand for in P. R. man?
WHAT IS the meaning of "hogwash"?
Shouldn't it be World Trade Centre and not "Center"?
Which of the following sentences is correct? "He walked into the apartment" or "He walked in the apartment"?
How is the word "sour" pronounced?
What is the meaning of the idiom "sink your teeth into something"?
How is the word "onion" pronounced?
WHAT IS the difference between "dinner" and "supper"?
How is the word "tete-a-tete" pronounced?
What is the meaning of the idiom "to be all thumbs"?
What is the meaning of "double whammy"?
Is it OK to say, "Me too"?
Can "do" and "make" be used interchangeably?

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Forget-Me-Nots

Though they belong to a genus with roughly 50 species, most forget-me-nots are small, flat, five-petalled blue flowers with straggly stems. According to legend, the flowers received their name when a medieval knight, picking a posy for his lady by a riverside, fell into the water and drowned under the weight of his armor. As he was drowning, he threw the bouquet to his lover and shouted, "Forget me not!" Christian tradition, however, attributes the flower's name to what event? More... Discuss

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General Mills Introduces Cheerios as CheeriOats (1941)

General Mills introduced its oat-based, ready-to-eat cold cereal as CheeriOats but, in 1946, changed its name to Cheerios because of a trademark dispute with Quaker Oats. Today, it comes in nearly a dozen different flavors and is marketed to children as well as adults. It has used several different characters in its advertising over the years, including Charlie Brown from Peanuts. Why did the US Food and Drug Administration call Cheerios an "unapproved new drug" in 2009? More... Discuss

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Joseph Heller (1923)

As a bombardier with the US Air Force during World War II, American writer Joseph Heller flew 60 combat missions. He drew on his wartime experiences when writing his darkly humorous novel Catch-22 (1961), a satiric commentary on the absurdity of war and bureaucracy. One of the most significant works of postwar protest literature, it was a huge critical success. What did Heller famously reply when asked why he had not written anything else as good as Catch-22? More... Discuss

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