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-- 47.145.171.223 ( talk) 20:44, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
Cuppa is a British meaning? What's this? 112.201.8.170 ( talk) 23:54, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
It would improve clarity a lot to use initial capitals for each definition etc.--- Ehrenkater ( talk) 11:53, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
And/or use numbers for each definition, as has been done under "boiler".--- Ehrenkater ( talk) 11:59, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
If you are going to discuss "competence" as a possible entry to this article, [ [1]] might add to the subject. ThoughtIdRetired ( talk) 23:27, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
This article title, and its M through Z sibbling, use the unicode dash rather than the ASCII dash.
This article ends with
A鈥揕
rather than
A-L.
Why?
What, if any, are the relevant wikipedia policies?
Does wikipedia have a policy encouraging one to "avoid constructs that will break things"? 鈥斅燩receding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C1:C180:4F40:5C4A:BE6D:F0D9:20B5 ( talk) 22:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
I have moved this discussion to Talk:List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M鈥揨)#Relevance of "sat" and "stood" to keep it in one place considering that both "sat" and "stood" begin with S. Tk420 ( talk) 20:51, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
I would like to question the use the American meaning of the word "fag" in British English. In the UK the dominant meaning of "fag" seems to be a cigarette. Many Brits are aware of the word's use an an anti-gay slur but it does not seem to be as common as the word "student" to refer to a school pupil which is marked with an asterisk by the US meaning in List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M鈥揨) to show it has some currency in British English. The use of the word "faggot" as anti-gay slur is known in British English for sure considering the annual controversy over its use in the song Fairytale of New York and it use as an innuendo (in response to a dinner suggestion of faggots) in an advertisement for the now defunct supermarket chain Somerfield Tk420 ( talk) 21:50, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
The UK-specific definition of "billion" has mysteriously acquired this label. This is clearly nonsense:
As such, I'm changing it.
Furthermore, I'm not sure when it ever is appropriate to use the label "very obsolete". I've never seen a dictionary use this label. The nearest I can think of is Pears Advanced Word-Puzzler's Dictionary, which uses the label "Obs" to denote words of Old or Middle English, whereas "obs" denotes obsolete modern English words. 鈥 Smjg ( talk) 00:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
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-- 47.145.171.223 ( talk) 20:44, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
Cuppa is a British meaning? What's this? 112.201.8.170 ( talk) 23:54, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
It would improve clarity a lot to use initial capitals for each definition etc.--- Ehrenkater ( talk) 11:53, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
And/or use numbers for each definition, as has been done under "boiler".--- Ehrenkater ( talk) 11:59, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
If you are going to discuss "competence" as a possible entry to this article, [ [1]] might add to the subject. ThoughtIdRetired ( talk) 23:27, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
This article title, and its M through Z sibbling, use the unicode dash rather than the ASCII dash.
This article ends with
A鈥揕
rather than
A-L.
Why?
What, if any, are the relevant wikipedia policies?
Does wikipedia have a policy encouraging one to "avoid constructs that will break things"? 鈥斅燩receding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C1:C180:4F40:5C4A:BE6D:F0D9:20B5 ( talk) 22:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
I have moved this discussion to Talk:List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M鈥揨)#Relevance of "sat" and "stood" to keep it in one place considering that both "sat" and "stood" begin with S. Tk420 ( talk) 20:51, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
I would like to question the use the American meaning of the word "fag" in British English. In the UK the dominant meaning of "fag" seems to be a cigarette. Many Brits are aware of the word's use an an anti-gay slur but it does not seem to be as common as the word "student" to refer to a school pupil which is marked with an asterisk by the US meaning in List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M鈥揨) to show it has some currency in British English. The use of the word "faggot" as anti-gay slur is known in British English for sure considering the annual controversy over its use in the song Fairytale of New York and it use as an innuendo (in response to a dinner suggestion of faggots) in an advertisement for the now defunct supermarket chain Somerfield Tk420 ( talk) 21:50, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
The UK-specific definition of "billion" has mysteriously acquired this label. This is clearly nonsense:
As such, I'm changing it.
Furthermore, I'm not sure when it ever is appropriate to use the label "very obsolete". I've never seen a dictionary use this label. The nearest I can think of is Pears Advanced Word-Puzzler's Dictionary, which uses the label "Obs" to denote words of Old or Middle English, whereas "obs" denotes obsolete modern English words. 鈥 Smjg ( talk) 00:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)