Did one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fantasy novels change the meaning of the word ‘careen’?
British English
Before the Boston Tea Party, the few precious official copies of Johnson’s dictionary in the American lands were destroyed in commando-style raids, leading to the War of Independence.
To the devout speaker of British English, the word diaper might seem anathema. To see the BBC, still […]
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