It began with friends from London who spend the winter in Central Florida and the Royal Mail that dutifully forwarded The Sunday Times to them. When they were finished, they passed the paper along to ...

THE illustrations form a noteworthy characteristic of this dictionary; for, as the title-page states, there are coloured plates, monotones, duograph charts and maps. The dictionary proper is preceded ...

From phrases like ‘Bob’s your uncle’ to ‘swings and roundabouts’, British English is full of sayings and expressions that appear to make little sense. But for refugees and asylum seekers arriving in ...

VANCOUVER—Consider this sentence: After years of living it up in the big city, Johnny and his batchmate had a hard time adjusting to life in the boondocks. Both “batchmate” and “boondocks” are used by ...