sociolinguistics - Do accents still play a role in British class . . . I get the impression that many view speech distinctions as something to be publicly denounced or abhorred That doesn't mean that those distinctions don't exist of course, but Received Pronunciation in particular seems to me a social distinction of a long past age, and besides there are a ton of other English accents to talk about
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Expressing frustration with a practice that takes power out of the people's hands, [professor Jamin] Raskin denounced the practice of partisan officials choosing district boundaries known as " gerrymandering " " Voters no longer pick representatives, representatives pick voters," he said
I dont know WHOM he is or I dont know WHO he is? [closed] Standardized English comprehension tests include questions that require you to know the distinction between subject and object pronouns, including the much denounced (see below) "whom," which you may use at any level of society without fear of mockery, despite the raised eyebrows of a few ELU gamers
Colloqial idiomatic metaphor for incomplete logic? Drawing the wrong conclusion (itself a fixed phrase, though hardly a colloquialism) when applying deductive reasoning is often denounced as putting two and two together and getting five
etymology - Where and when did booby prize originate, and in what . . . How much mental food is there in that? One evening, where I was preaching, I denounced social card-playing and progressive euchre Lt me tell you too, if you play progressive euchre—and I don't care whose son, whose wife, whose husband you are—you are a gambler as much as any blackleg in this city
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In the Northwest the term is generally applied to negroes, with whom the original "murky" may be associated in some minds "The young mokes, who had often denounced Mr Ham for having incurred the displeasure of his aged sire, in consequence of which their heads were covered with tufts of hair " (Dubuque [Iowa] Herald, 1871 )
In what country did the term railroaded originate? The passages in the memorial denounced by Mr Steven are those intimating that Mr Guthrie had been refused a hearing before Mr Texada's Committee on Drainage; that the drainage bill had been " railroaded " through and that the report of the committee, Mr Texada's, would have been different from what it was but for personal interests
etymology - When did RINO begin to be used as an acronym for . . . From The Economist (1998) [combined snippets]: Mr [Richard] Riordan, the nominally Republican head of an overwhelmingly Democratic city, is so hated by his own party that he is denounced as a Rino (Republican in name only) Many of his friends would not bring their money or talents to the aid of the city if it meant running for office
terminology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As it happened, June 6, 1944, was to be his last day in his job: Denounced one time too many as a suspected anti-Nazi, he was fired But as one might imagine, the Allies' enemies did not usually use a translation of the English word to refer to the Western Alliance: