British and American English: Revision history

Diff selection: Mark the radio buttons of the revisions to compare and hit enter or the button at the bottom.
Legend: (cur) = difference with latest revision, (prev) = difference with preceding revision, m = minor edit.

curprev 09:1709:17, 2 March 2024‎ John Leach talk contribs‎ m 62,059 bytes −16‎ Text replacement - "immigrants" to "immigrants"

curprev 09:1409:14, 4 September 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,075 bytes +13‎ Text replacement - "Boise" to "Boise"

curprev 14:5314:53, 22 April 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,062 bytes 0‎ Text replacement - "Idaho (U.S. State)" to "Idaho (U.S. state)"
curprev 14:4814:48, 22 April 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,062 bytes +13‎ Text replacement - "Idaho" to "Idaho (U.S. State)"

curprev 10:1610:16, 8 April 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,049 bytes +19‎ Text replacement - "New York City" to "New York City"

curprev 10:1810:18, 27 March 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,030 bytes +12‎ Text replacement - "San Francisco" to "San Francisco, California"

curprev 15:2415:24, 20 March 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,018 bytes +5‎ No edit summary

curprev 15:2915:29, 8 March 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,013 bytes +13‎ Text replacement - "California" to "California (U.S. state)"

curprev 12:4912:49, 29 January 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 62,000 bytes +13‎ Text replacement - "Alabama" to "Alabama (U.S. state)"

curprev 16:4816:48, 27 January 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 61,987 bytes +10‎ Text replacement - "Chicago" to "Chicago, Illinois"

curprev 09:4609:46, 14 February 2021‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 61,977 bytes +7‎ not at all sure that this section on women's names is really true

curprev 06:0306:03, 21 November 2017‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 61,970 bytes −30‎ →‎Politics
curprev 06:0206:02, 21 November 2017‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 62,000 bytes +43‎ →‎Politics

curprev 05:1305:13, 23 September 2017‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 61,957 bytes +177‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 11:3211:32, 11 September 2017‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 61,807 bytes +1‎ →‎Vocabulary: added a second L to "metalled" AND moved it slightly

curprev 11:4911:49, 9 September 2017‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 61,806 bytes +26‎ →‎Vocabulary: no 'Murkin would know what a "metaled road" was -- Paul Kennedy uses it several times re: Southeast Asia in "Engineers of Victory"

curprev 01:5101:51, 25 August 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,780 bytes +204‎ →‎Lexis and idiom
curprev 01:4801:48, 25 August 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,756 bytes +180‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: gotten
curprev 01:4201:42, 25 August 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,631 bytes +55‎ →‎Vocabulary: +1

curprev 15:5115:51, 24 July 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,601 bytes +25‎ →‎Vocabulary: 'lawyer' is a catch-all word in BrE

curprev 13:2413:24, 3 June 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,599 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary: Ursa Major asterism

curprev 18:0518:05, 22 May 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,576 bytes +6,346‎ →‎Other pronunciations: per talk
curprev 10:4310:43, 22 May 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,568 bytes +65‎ →‎Other pronunciations: per Merriam-Webster

curprev 12:3912:39, 19 May 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,503 bytes +319‎ →‎Usage: tick off

curprev 22:2922:29, 13 April 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,370 bytes +122‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 22:1622:16, 10 April 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 61,248 bytes +64‎ →‎Vocabulary: laundries

curprev 12:0312:03, 13 March 2017‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 61,220 bytes +36‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: a vet in Am. Eng. can also be a doggy doctor
curprev 10:2810:28, 13 March 2017‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 61,184 bytes +975‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 12:2012:20, 6 March 2017‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 61,032 bytes +41‎ →‎Vocabulary: all politics are local

curprev 05:5505:55, 22 February 2017‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 60,991 bytes +32‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 19:4419:44, 19 February 2017‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,959 bytes +148‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 06:2706:27, 22 December 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 60,880 bytes +69‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 12:2212:22, 6 December 2016‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 60,811 bytes +30‎ →‎Vocabulary: and speaking of rent....
curprev 12:2012:20, 6 December 2016‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 60,781 bytes +572‎ →‎Vocabulary: just to be certain about the hire/rent car

curprev 05:5505:55, 26 November 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 60,746 bytes +537‎ →‎Law

curprev 11:4311:43, 21 November 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 60,587 bytes +25‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 16:4416:44, 15 November 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,562 bytes +353‎ →‎Vocabulary: ring road/beltway

curprev 10:1710:17, 14 November 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 60,539 bytes +32‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 14:2814:28, 11 November 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,507 bytes +103‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: wait on/for

curprev 00:1400:14, 5 November 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,404 bytes +147‎ →‎Short o: BrE Càrlós, AmE Càrlôs

curprev 23:4623:46, 4 November 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,257 bytes +48‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 13:0913:09, 3 November 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,252 bytes +43‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 23:0923:09, 26 October 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,209 bytes +3,356‎ →‎Other spellings

curprev 14:2514:25, 22 October 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,189 bytes +552‎ →‎à versus á
curprev 14:2114:21, 22 October 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 60,099 bytes +269‎ →‎Other spellings: ageing

curprev 16:2616:26, 19 October 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 60,067 bytes +2‎ No edit summary
curprev 09:3009:30, 19 October 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 60,065 bytes +150‎ →‎Other pronunciations
curprev 09:1909:19, 19 October 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 59,915 bytes +31‎ →‎-ise and -ize

curprev 23:2323:23, 18 October 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,884 bytes +54‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 10:4610:46, 26 September 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 59,830 bytes +67‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 14:3814:38, 14 September 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,829 bytes +66‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 05:4905:49, 8 September 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 59,763 bytes −139‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 18:0718:07, 19 August 2016‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 59,660 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary: what's the flap about

curprev 22:0822:08, 13 August 2016‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 59,637 bytes +1,335‎ →‎Vocabulary: or this one either
curprev 22:0722:07, 13 August 2016‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 59,602 bytes +34‎ →‎Vocabulary: bath & pool, dunno why I didn't put this in years ago

curprev 15:1115:11, 7 August 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,568 bytes −7‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 10:0210:02, 2 August 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,575 bytes +34‎ No edit summary

curprev 09:2809:28, 1 August 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 59,541 bytes +37‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 03:5403:54, 22 July 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 59,504 bytes +116‎ →‎Law

curprev 08:1508:15, 10 July 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 59,388 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
curprev 08:1308:13, 10 July 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,387 bytes +34‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 09:5409:54, 22 June 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,353 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 21:0821:08, 1 June 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 59,330 bytes −32‎ No edit summary
curprev 21:0621:06, 1 June 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,362 bytes +35‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 12:0612:06, 1 June 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,327 bytes +81‎ →‎Vocabulary: +1

curprev 16:2516:25, 28 May 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,246 bytes +583‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 16:4016:40, 10 May 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,209 bytes +40‎ →‎Vocabulary: exclamation ...

curprev 16:4716:47, 29 March 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,169 bytes 0‎ rm onto, per talk

curprev 18:2218:22, 27 March 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,199 bytes +30‎ →‎Other spellings

curprev 23:2523:25, 27 February 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 59,169 bytes +218‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: ticked off

curprev 10:1710:17, 15 February 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 58,987 bytes +36‎ →‎Other spellings

curprev 16:4516:45, 14 February 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,951 bytes +223‎ →‎Suffixes
curprev 16:3716:37, 14 February 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,728 bytes +29‎ →‎Vocabulary: toward/s

curprev 09:3209:32, 29 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,699 bytes +2‎ →‎Other spellings
curprev 09:2709:27, 29 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,697 bytes +34‎ →‎Other spellings: per( )cent

curprev 10:1210:12, 22 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,663 bytes +35‎ No edit summary
curprev 10:1110:11, 22 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,628 bytes −35‎ Undo revision 100849369 by Ro Thorpe (talk)
curprev 10:0910:09, 22 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,663 bytes +361‎ →‎Vocabulary: from BBC's The Weakest Link

curprev 13:1513:15, 14 January 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 58,628 bytes +326‎ →‎Ethnic groups
curprev 13:1113:11, 14 January 2016‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 58,323 bytes +21‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 22:4322:43, 7 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,302 bytes +1,153‎ →‎Suffixes: +protestor/er
curprev 22:3622:36, 7 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,198 bytes +394‎ Undo revision 100849070 by Ro Thorpe (talk)
curprev 22:1822:18, 7 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,227 bytes +423‎ →‎Other spellings: adviser/or

curprev 16:4216:42, 1 January 2016‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,198 bytes +394‎ →‎Vocabulary: pram? pushchair?

curprev 08:5808:58, 24 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,183 bytes +26‎ →‎-euse
curprev 08:4208:42, 24 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,157 bytes +78‎ →‎-euse

curprev 15:1715:17, 23 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 58,141 bytes −5‎ →‎-euse

curprev 12:2012:20, 20 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,146 bytes +67‎ revert row, rong

curprev 22:5722:57, 18 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 58,178 bytes +99‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 22:5422:54, 18 December 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 58,172 bytes +93‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 13:3513:35, 14 August 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 58,146 bytes +67‎ hail, hail, the gang's all here!
curprev 13:3213:32, 14 August 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 58,079 bytes +115‎ are crocodiles to be found in tower blocks?

curprev 11:3711:37, 7 August 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,964 bytes +68‎ i scratched my head over this, but am just following the letter of the law....

curprev 22:2422:24, 31 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,896 bytes −31‎ according to a long NTY article today, "roundabouts", which have no traffic lights, unlike "traffic circles," are now sweeping the States, and that word itself is being used

curprev 19:2419:24, 30 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,884 bytes −43‎ →‎Vocabulary: rm alias/aka, not applicable

curprev 16:4116:41, 29 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,927 bytes +21‎ we use it too
curprev 16:2116:21, 29 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,906 bytes +34‎ →‎Vocabulary: crosswalk not used in BrE

curprev 22:1822:18, 26 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,872 bytes +42‎ what about "tuck" by itself? is it still used

curprev 16:2416:24, 24 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,830 bytes +26‎ →‎Vocabulary: underscoreline

curprev 21:3421:34, 13 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,804 bytes +282‎ →‎Vocabulary: better?
curprev 17:4017:40, 13 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,803 bytes +39‎ to sum it up, I can no longer do sums in my head

curprev 19:3019:30, 9 July 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,764 bytes +38‎ →‎Other spellings: clarinetttist

curprev 14:2114:21, 1 July 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,726 bytes +204‎ removed groundnut/peanut as per discussion

curprev 04:3104:31, 30 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,749 bytes +80‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 04:2704:27, 30 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ m 57,669 bytes +1‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 22:3422:34, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,668 bytes +33‎ don't think I've ever seen a hyphen here; I suppose it could be argued thusly "he incurred a drunk-driving charge" who the hell knows?
curprev 20:5220:52, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,668 bytes +33‎ →‎Vocabulary: drank-droving
curprev 13:3413:34, 29 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,635 bytes +113‎ looks like a lot of our former contributors have scarpered fer one reason or another

curprev 21:4921:49, 27 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,583 bytes +61‎ →‎Vocabulary: or car park without the hyphen

curprev 23:0623:06, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,573 bytes +51‎ →‎Vocabulary: cock-up
curprev 23:0323:03, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,522 bytes +373‎ →‎Vocabulary: St. Martin's summer -- this not 100% precise, as Brits also use the phrase Indian Summer
curprev 23:0123:01, 22 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,483 bytes +14‎ →‎Vocabulary: have removed "rates" -- 'Merka, our localities say "water rates", for instance, so there IS a clear distinction between taxes and rates

curprev 14:4114:41, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,545 bytes +12‎ →‎Vocabulary: didn't know that dab could also be used as a stand-alone noun
curprev 14:3614:36, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,533 bytes +64‎ icing is also commonly used in the States; I myself say frosting, but many don't; also added "jobbing" as in a Gilbert reference to a "jobbing gardener"
curprev 09:0209:02, 20 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,469 bytes +20‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 12:0012:00, 18 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 57,178 bytes +29‎ →‎Other spellings: phony/ey

curprev 09:5409:54, 17 June 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 57,152 bytes +3‎ →‎Other spellings

curprev 14:0814:08, 15 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 57,149 bytes +296‎ →‎Vocabulary: snug, snuggery, snog
curprev 05:2205:22, 15 June 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 57,018 bytes +62‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 22:4022:40, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,956 bytes +103‎ removed a brit. word not in common usage
curprev 13:4313:43, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,986 bytes +133‎ →‎Vocabulary: not one but TWO roundabouts!
curprev 13:3513:35, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,906 bytes +30‎ →‎Vocabulary: didicoy -- this is a new one to one
curprev 13:3213:32, 14 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,876 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary: rates and local taxes

curprev 18:2418:24, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,853 bytes +718‎ →‎Vocabulary: hard grafting
curprev 17:5717:57, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,812 bytes +46‎ →‎Vocabulary: tearaway -- juvenile delinquent is too strong a term, I think
curprev 17:5317:53, 11 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,766 bytes +34‎ →‎Other spellings: artefact -- I hadn't realized there was a difference

curprev 16:0816:08, 10 June 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,732 bytes +202‎ →‎Vocabulary: added traveller (Brit. spelling)

curprev 04:4504:45, 30 May 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,688 bytes +96‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 05:1705:17, 27 April 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,592 bytes +1‎ →‎Other spellings
curprev 05:1605:16, 27 April 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,591 bytes +61‎ →‎Other spellings
curprev 05:1405:14, 27 April 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 56,530 bytes +395‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 12:4112:41, 23 April 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 56,424 bytes +64‎ →‎Other pronunciations: brosher bro-shure

curprev 15:5615:56, 21 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,360 bytes +225‎ →‎Vocabulary: changed lay-by defs fer 'Merkins

curprev 22:1222:12, 19 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,361 bytes +226‎ →‎Vocabulary: lay-by -- I think that there's another 'Merkin term, but I can't quite pull it outta my old brain at the moment

curprev 22:4222:42, 18 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,331 bytes +196‎ →‎Vocabulary: musketry
curprev 22:3922:39, 18 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,277 bytes +142‎ →‎Vocabulary: flannel -- flattering, deceptive talk

curprev 14:5414:54, 14 April 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 56,237 bytes +67‎ No edit summary
curprev 12:1512:15, 14 April 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 56,240 bytes +70‎ →‎Vocabulary: derivation of 'jobsworth'

curprev 23:1223:12, 13 April 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 56,170 bytes +35‎ jobsworth -- this was completely new to me, the guy doing the commentary on Sword of Honour used it to describe a minor character

curprev 20:2020:20, 30 March 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 56,135 bytes +905‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: use/do with

curprev 22:1722:17, 27 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,964 bytes +148‎ added bowler hat/derby
curprev 15:4315:43, 27 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,941 bytes +125‎ →‎Vocabulary: subfusc -- don't think I've ever seen it in 'Merkin-talk

curprev 21:4021:40, 22 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,916 bytes +24‎ hoarding - billboard

curprev 22:4322:43, 21 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,892 bytes +76‎ →‎Vocabulary: to be shopped

curprev 19:3519:35, 20 March 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 55,816 bytes +586‎ →‎-age: + Beeb garridge
curprev 13:1513:15, 20 March 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 55,795 bytes +158‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 16:2516:25, 18 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,720 bytes +83‎ →‎Vocabulary: form -- criminal record

curprev 22:3122:31, 16 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,674 bytes +37‎ fly

curprev 15:0815:08, 15 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,637 bytes +407‎ →‎Vocabulary: added community train to stopping train

curprev 15:3215:32, 6 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,621 bytes +116‎ →‎Vocabulary: stopping train vs. local

curprev 20:5120:51, 5 March 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 55,587 bytes +82‎ →‎Other pronunciations: buoy
curprev 10:1710:17, 5 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,517 bytes +12‎ →‎Vocabulary: moved (railway) sleeper to sleeper (railway), and added "tie" to American usage; added "shunt" to American usage of British "shunt"
curprev 05:3905:39, 5 March 2015‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 55,505 bytes +275‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 18:3818:38, 4 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,506 bytes +217‎ →‎Vocabulary: added potty, dab hand, carriage and coach, gangway, pantechnicon, shoot

curprev 19:2719:27, 3 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,289 bytes +60‎ →‎Vocabulary: added "to tease" to "chaff"
curprev 15:1615:16, 3 March 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,277 bytes +48‎ →‎Vocabulary: ANOTHER usage of "answer-phone", from a Michael Gilbert short story that is fairly recent (last 30 years, I would say) -- the other one was from a novel

curprev 13:5813:58, 26 February 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 55,229 bytes −1‎ No edit summary

curprev 15:2015:20, 14 February 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 55,230 bytes +1‎ space
curprev 14:0214:02, 14 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,229 bytes +116‎ →‎Vocabulary: billards cannon/carom

curprev 22:3122:31, 12 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,198 bytes +25‎ →‎Vocabulary: wet/weak, spineless
curprev 22:2922:29, 12 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,173 bytes +37‎ →‎Vocabulary: shunt/switch cars in trains
curprev 22:1222:12, 12 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,136 bytes +23‎ →‎Vocabulary: ground-nut/peanut, I think this is pretty clear-cut

curprev 19:4919:49, 11 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 55,113 bytes +17‎ →‎Vocabulary: I hope this isn't too twee, hehe

curprev 19:4419:44, 9 February 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 54,982 bytes +224‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: alternat(iv)e

curprev 15:5415:54, 8 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,758 bytes +194‎ →‎Vocabulary: added bumf; balaclava; dogsbody; rum; paraffin;

curprev 12:0712:07, 7 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,564 bytes +47‎ →‎Vocabulary: added named after and (the) telly

curprev 19:5719:57, 4 February 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 54,517 bytes −19‎ I'm afraid 'looking-glass' went the way of 'wireless'---even before I was born!
curprev 17:1217:12, 4 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,536 bytes +19‎ →‎Vocabulary: glass/mirror -- both Guy's ex-wife and he himself look into one within two pages
curprev 13:5513:55, 4 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,517 bytes +35‎ →‎Vocabulary: ballocking
curprev 13:5313:53, 4 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,482 bytes +139‎ →‎Vocabulary: added balls-up; soldier-servant; send in one's papers; mug -- more from SoH that I had overlooked

curprev 18:1118:11, 3 February 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 54,343 bytes −20‎ rm wireless, obsolete
curprev 13:4213:42, 3 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,363 bytes +85‎ →‎Vocabulary: added wireless, sapper (expand if warranted), and get a rocket

curprev 16:2816:28, 1 February 2015‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 54,278 bytes +153‎ →‎Vocabulary: added FOUR as per discussion; plus subaltern/junior office

curprev 17:1017:10, 16 January 2015‎ imported>Martin Wyatt‎ 54,125 bytes +36‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 21:4821:48, 11 January 2015‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 54,089 bytes +119‎ →‎Other pronunciations: valise

curprev 05:5205:52, 29 December 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 54,046 bytes +76‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 16:2616:26, 28 December 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 53,970 bytes +204‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: had a go at through/to; rewrite at your leisure
curprev 15:3615:36, 28 December 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 53,766 bytes +77‎ →‎Vocabulary: rm pollywog/tadpole per Talk

curprev 11:2811:28, 22 December 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 53,788 bytes +47‎ →‎Other pronunciations: +Z

curprev 19:1519:15, 21 December 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 53,741 bytes +52‎ →‎Vocabulary: [ > (
curprev 19:0719:07, 21 December 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 53,741 bytes +52‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 13:3913:39, 21 December 2014‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 53,689 bytes 0‎ →‎Vocabulary: overlooked one
curprev 13:3713:37, 21 December 2014‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 53,689 bytes 0‎ →‎Vocabulary: changed brackets to paren. through the C's

curprev 11:5911:59, 26 October 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 53,247 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
curprev 11:5211:52, 26 October 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 53,246 bytes +7‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 04:3704:37, 25 October 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 53,239 bytes +352‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 04:1504:15, 24 October 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 53,180 bytes +100‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 04:1304:13, 24 October 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ m 53,080 bytes 0‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 04:1204:12, 24 October 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 53,080 bytes +193‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 04:1004:10, 24 October 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 52,968 bytes +7‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 19:3719:37, 4 October 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 52,654 bytes +164‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 13:0813:08, 3 September 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 52,606 bytes +115‎ →‎Lexis and idiom: vets
curprev 13:0613:06, 3 September 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 52,491 bytes +1‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 03:1803:18, 2 September 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 52,490 bytes +479‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 04:0904:09, 29 August 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 52,029 bytes +18‎ →‎Vocabulary
curprev 03:5803:58, 29 August 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 52,011 bytes +3,498‎ →‎Lexis and idiom

curprev 05:0205:02, 28 August 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 51,535 bytes +131‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 08:4608:46, 24 August 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 51,404 bytes +230‎ →‎Vocabulary: +1

curprev 04:0104:01, 22 August 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 51,363 bytes +189‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 19:0919:09, 11 August 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 51,174 bytes +1,111‎ →‎Other pronunciations: sodder
curprev 12:2212:22, 11 August 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 51,149 bytes +1,086‎ →‎Law
curprev 12:0812:08, 11 August 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 50,063 bytes +166‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 09:3709:37, 28 July 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 50,052 bytes +155‎ →‎Politics

curprev 12:3512:35, 27 July 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 49,897 bytes +28‎ →‎Other pronunciations

curprev 04:5004:50, 22 May 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 49,024 bytes +103‎ →‎Musical terms

curprev 10:0710:07, 17 May 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 48,921 bytes +408‎ →‎Names
curprev 10:0610:06, 17 May 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ 48,921 bytes +28‎ →‎Other spellings

curprev 17:0417:04, 14 May 2014‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 48,921 bytes +28‎ →‎Vocabulary

curprev 05:2605:26, 22 March 2014‎ imported>Peter Jackson‎ m 48,893 bytes +322‎ →‎Names

British and American English: Revision history

2 March 2024

4 September 2023

22 April 2023

8 April 2023

27 March 2023

20 March 2023

8 March 2023

29 January 2023

27 January 2023

14 February 2021

21 November 2017

23 September 2017

11 September 2017

9 September 2017

25 August 2017

24 July 2017

3 June 2017

22 May 2017

19 May 2017

13 April 2017

10 April 2017

13 March 2017

6 March 2017

22 February 2017

19 February 2017

22 December 2016

6 December 2016

26 November 2016

21 November 2016

15 November 2016

14 November 2016

11 November 2016

5 November 2016

4 November 2016

3 November 2016

26 October 2016

22 October 2016

19 October 2016

18 October 2016

26 September 2016

14 September 2016

8 September 2016

25 August 2016

19 August 2016

13 August 2016

7 August 2016

2 August 2016

1 August 2016

22 July 2016

10 July 2016

22 June 2016

1 June 2016

28 May 2016

10 May 2016

29 March 2016

27 March 2016

27 February 2016

15 February 2016

14 February 2016

29 January 2016

22 January 2016

14 January 2016

7 January 2016

1 January 2016

24 December 2015

23 December 2015

20 December 2015

18 December 2015

14 August 2015

7 August 2015

31 July 2015

30 July 2015

29 July 2015

26 July 2015

24 July 2015

13 July 2015

9 July 2015

1 July 2015

30 June 2015