What's the difference between a vicar and a pastor?
Note that up to the 20C, holy orders (training to be a CofE vicar) was the about only official course at some Oxford and Cambridge colleges. So people like the mathematician/author Lewis …
etymology - When did "More tea vicar?" start to be used after …
2015年4月14日 · Paul Beale has collected various forms for a revision of Partridge/Catch Phrases, including 'good evening, vicar!'; 'no swearing please, vicar' (said facetiously to …
Should words be capitalized for being religious terms?
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capitalization - Do military titles get capitalized? - English …
2014年11月22日 · [Examples:] Miss Dunn, the head teacher; Anne Williams, our mnaging director; Mr. Gladstone, the prime minister; Dr Primrose, the parish vicar. Titles used before a …
Please explain this joke about two nuns in a bath [closed]
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Origin of the word "cum" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2011年11月25日 · Etymonline explains:. cum (verb and noun) seems to be a modern (by 1973) variant of the sexual sense of come that originated in pornographic writing, perhaps first in the …
etymology - Why does "going to kip" mean "going to sleep"?
2013年12月31日 · The Irish usage as brothel is first recorded in Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield:... to assist at tattering a kip as the phrase was, when we had a mind for a frolic. …
When should titles like "captain" or "admiral" be capitalized?
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Is using "more correct" a grammatical faux pas?
2019年1月7日 · Since no one has said it yet: whether or not it’s logically possible for something to be more or less correct than something else is completely orthogonal to whether or not more …
Usage of "indisposed" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2015年1月29日 · The vicar called in sick, and the records show that, but a person who doesn't know the definition could easily misconstrue that he was "unavailable". In Doors to Madame …