https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherry
“The main thing with people of that sort,” said Holmes, as we sat in the sheets of the wherry, “is never to let them think that their information can be of the slightest importance to you."
If I wrote a textbook, it'd be called English is Mean. As a teacher, parent, and ESOL tutor, I often told students, kids, and tutees (?!) that English is mean. Here are a few of my favorite examples. Add your own! and, please contribute through PayPal
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Friday, January 31, 2020
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ichthyosis
OK, it's not a good thing to have, but it's got a cool name. https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/ichthyosis
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_(slang) Like "Mayor Snowflake" from Resident Alien, Season 1.
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Even though the subtitles on the credits song don't have the comma, I'm pretty sure it belongs there. https://wonder-woman.fandom.co...
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Waiters wait, terrorists create terror. It'd be too awkward to say "terror-or". Terrier is from "earth dog", not the...
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