My wife was working on her lines for a play (Dracula) set in the early 1900s and one line caught my eye. It referred to the desanguination of the vampire’s victims. I’d always heard the term as exsanguination and never heard of desangination. A few quick Google searches seem to indicate that desanguination is perhaps … Read more
Dictionary.com lists eight meanings of gay, with “merry, lively” as the first entry. Microsoft banned an Xbox user for listing Fort Gay (a real place) as his hometown: Xbox Live considered the term gay absolutely inappropriate in any context. As a non-native English speaker, my question is whether in contemporary English, does gay always mean … Read more
I think that it would be really cool to be able to speak as though I was from the Victorian era. How can I learn to do this? Answer That time knew many playwrights and many of their plays are still performed, often using the original texts, phrases and sometimes even accents. Joining one of … Read more
