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Linking /r/ and elision

Names including initials: with or without the full stop?

Why is home electricity supply called "mains"?

What is the device called when you use the same word but with two different meanings in a phrase for effect

Does 'doolally' have an alternate AmE meaning to the BrE?

Does or Do? (This is a dissertation’s initial research question) [closed]

What would be a gender neutral form of address as a highschool teacher? (British English)

She is his would be/ wife to be

Correct capitalization of "please contact our Customer Support team"

"Who him?" as a stand-in for "Who is he?"

"Tabled", US vs UK [duplicate]

A summer house, a cottage or a cabin?

English subways have 'Cars', but English Surface Trains have 'Carriages'. Why the Difference?

What are the individual rooms at a cinema called in British English?

'Now stands' or 'now stand'

What's the most common expression for "rovesciata" in the UK?

What does "sink and copper" mean in British parlance circa 1937?

What's the difference between these sentences?

Meaning of "it was gone 2pm"?

What does "hard sums" mean?