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Connotations of using "boy" by upper-class liberal Britons in beginning of 20th century

Is there a name for a domestic company that uses a foreign (sounding) name?

Is /ɜː/ realized as schwa [ə] in British English?

What is a person if they are described as a "wet hen"?

What would be the proper usage of "Qua" in a sentence? [duplicate]

Where does 'po-faced' come from etymologically, geographically, and chronologically?

Capitalization of "indigenous" [closed]

What is "double history"?

The origin of the phrase "Now then!"

"Stick it in the boot." "Er, don't you mean the trunk?"

Single word request: practice based on non-strict criteria

What do Brits means when they say "perving around"?

What does ‘play a blinder’ mean? Is it a popular phrase?

Origin of "dripping with [sarcasm]"

Pronunciation of 'finance' and 'financial' in the media

How to express someone's height in metric

UK English: Do y'all use "buzzard" to mean "a contemptible or rapacious person"?

Van Gogh goes or Van Gogh coughs? Is there a commonly accepted British English pronunciation?

How offensive is it to call someone a "slag" in British English? (NSFW)

Understand Rudyard Kipling's poem If