In European football, "twatting" means to make the ball bend by twisting the foot during a kick. What does it mean in this case?

Two countries divided by a common language.--GB Shaw*

*There is some debate about who said this.

#UKEnglish #USEnglish #Language #GBShaw

There’s No Right Way to Say ‘Taco’ An exploration of the ways our tongues—and our pride—twist around foreign words, and what that says about how we want to be seen.

"Tah-co" or "Tack-oh" Trump? #linguistics #AmericanEnglish #UKEnglish

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Is there a Mastodon plugin to replace 'dumpster' with 'skip' and 'license' with 'licence'?

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How are commas used in a list? - BBC Bitesize How are commas used in a list? Find out where to place a comma within a list with this Bitesize KS1 and KS2 Explainer.

Don't forget, #UKEnglish does commas in a list like this...
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...

#AI writes in USA English and puts in extra commas that are not used in simple lists in UK English.

#EditYourGenAIText #KS1!

For the love of... En dashes 💓

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#ValentinesDay #Grammar #Punctuation #UKEnglish

🇬🇧🫖BRITISH ENGLISH - TEA🫖🇬🇧
In Britain we drink a lot of tea. We have so many words for tea!
Brew, cuppa, Rosie lea = Tea
Biccies = biscuits
Builders = a strong tea
#english #britishenglish #tea #ingles #nativeenglish #british #uk #ukenglish #learnenglish #영어 #language

The theatre has a 100-centimetre-high electric meter, and a 2-metre-high stage on which to declaim iambic pentameter. #UKEnglish #oyvey