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Fact Check: A List of Idioms for 'It's Raining Cats and Dogs' in Different Languages Contains...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoX user @AdamCSharp Claim: A post shared on X correctly listed idioms indicating heavy rain in...
16 Most Distinctive Pubs In London, According To A Local
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOur writer whittles London's most characterful pubs down to these beery boltholes, from 17th-century...
From 'hammered' to 'bladdered', study finds Brits have 546 words for getting drunk
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoIn an old stand-up routine, comedian Michael McIntyre once argued that posh people can use any word...
Everyone on dating apps wants banter. But what does that even mean?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAt its most thrilling, banter mimics the buildup and climax of good sex. At its most disappointing,...
Tea, weather and being on time: analysis of 100 million words reveals what Brits talk about most
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoJohn Gomez/Shutterstock Lovely weather today, isn’t it? Time for a cuppa? The way someone talks, and...
Differences Between Rational and Irrational Numbers
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoIf a number is a ratio of two integers (e.g., 1 over 10, -5 over 23, 1,543 over 10, etc.) then it is a rational number. Irrational numbers, when written...
I spent a year living in the UK and these are the British slang words I've permanently added to my...
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoI still enjoy a cups of tea back in New York.Zoe Ettinger I lived in London for a year and picked up...
17 Things Americans Say That Non-Americans Hate
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoThere are 171,476 words in current use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. If you’re learning English for the first...
Wordle frustration lies behind Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022 as “homer”, with editors...