【明報專訊】In Scottish English, bannock is a type of bread made from oats (燕麥). In Canadian English, it i
Her father would take his gun down from the wall and clean it. Out in the snowy forest all day, it m
【明報專訊】Hard tack was the bread that made the British Empire. Sometimes it was called ship's biscu
Laura's father was a hunter. His gun was very important to him. That was how he got meat to feed
【明報專訊】When I was a little boy, my mother taught me to cook. This was very weird and controversial at
This summer, I will read to you the next part from the book called The Little House in the Big Woods
Once I was told that I should not refer to Go (圍棋) as an Oriental game, because that was derogatory.
This week I will explore a common language problem. Why is the USA a Western country? It is east of
In English, and other languages, some words are more formal than others. The use of these words can
Some teachers have taught that holiday is the British English word and that vacation is the American
In class, students are taught that a synonym is any word that means the same as another word. The pr
Usually I avoid teaching idioms. For most people learning the basics of a language is difficult enou