English is a phenomenally idiomatic language, so much so that it's a wonder anybody at all understands it as a speaker of another language; what on earth are people meant to make of expressions ...

The close contact of French and British troops in WW1 resulted in a number of slang expressions borrowed from French, often with humorous anglicisation of spelling and pronunciation. Some are very ...

Therefore, greeting someone nicely in good English can make a lasting impression. Mantra is to be confident in your conversations and don’t hesitate to greet people in English.

In American English, herb and herbal are more often pronounced without the h, while the opposite is true of herbaceous, herbicide, and herbivore, which are more often pronounced with the h." ...

There are many Indian English expressions which have amused native speakers of English. Here are a few of such expressions: teacher sitting on my head, doing my graduation, eating my brain, What ...

World War One gave rise to expressions and slang such as blighty and cushy, but only some are still used, says Kate Wild, senior assistant editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Zepps in a cloud ...