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The meaning of "lou" [Lew - the person's name] [closed]

What is the origin of using the word "our" preceding a first name when speaking directly to the person so named

What are good use of alliterative words for describing a rain on the tin roof? [closed]

Identifying accents of British actors

What is the closest alternative to "rubbish" in American English?

How serious an insult is "wanker" in British English? [NSFW]

How do students respond to the "roll call" and how do you pronounce it?

"S'il vous plaît" = "If you please"?

British Prime Ministers are either vicars or bookies: quote origin?

Is or was "too young for to marry" valid English, now or in the past?

punctuation: chicken-fried steak [closed]

Why do we use a French term for a currency-exchange office?

Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English)

Did Miranda cross the Atlantic?

Pronunciation of "scone"

"Normalise" or "normalize" (British English)?

Have American English speakers always used the term "last name" instead of "surname"?

Q: Why isn't he answering? A: 1) He must have already slept 2) ... must have been sleeping? [closed]

Meaning of sentence. "He is not vigilant like you"

at the end or in the end [closed]