Recent content by John Lemon

You did it again, lexico, thanks a lot. :D By the way, according to the dictionary I have, an amnion is something closer to this: By the way, I just need the singular, there's only a single "amnion of amnestia".

I'm working on a play that is poking fun at the ancient Greek dramas everyone knows and loves, and I'd like to include a little wordplay. I have a "Greek for beginners" book and noticed that the words "amnestia" and "amnion" are pretty similar. :p So exactly how would one say "amnion of...

Personally I think it's pretty hard to master English because the pronounciation is such a pain. You HAVE to hang around with native speakers for a while to get it right, as the proper pronounciations of words like "circuit", "buoy" or "cleanliness" are impossible to guess. If you're learning...

I'm usually pretty well-informed on the latest AE/BE slang, but I think I'll have to pass on this one. According to Google, the full phrase is "talk to the hand cuz the face ain't listening" and it means something like "shut up, don't bother me with that." Could someone construct a conversation...