- When traveling abroad, are you oversea or overseas?
However, Merriam Webster also lists oversea, mainly British usage, as having the same meaning as overseas Acoording to them oversea was used first, in the 12th century, compared to overseas, in 1533 Nowadays, without offence to the Brits, you hardly hear oversea used The nearest synonym to overseas is abroad I will be abroad next week
- Overseas vs. abroad - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
overseas indicates big deal exotic, abroad is more ordinary For example US is seen as overseas from India, but possibly abroad from say UK The perception could also change over time China was overseas for US some time back, but now it is merely abroad But Cambodia Vietnam etc, which are all right next to China could be seen as overseas from US
- phrases - Why is from overseas grammatical? - English Language . . .
"Overseas" is just another word in that list This particular type of word is used to denote location and, as such, tends to get smushed in whenever we need to refer to a location It would be an interesting question to compare historical usage of these words in order to determine whether they slowly become accepted as nouns over time
- Equivalent word for overseas for a non-island country?
Overseas investors brought $1bn into the country last year Instead of buying clothes produced overseas, consider supporting local producers The question is - what word is used here when the foreign country isn't 'overseas' per se, for example, Germany talking about France
- word choice - Foreign students vs International students - English . . .
An etymological doubt has hit me To my surprise, the "writing enhancement software," Grammarly flagged the phrase "foreign students" and suggested "International students" in its place The reason
- word choice - Have been through or have gone through? - English . . .
The final edited version would read: 'I have memories of trips overseas ' 'Trips overseas' is better than having memories of' overseas trips' since it highlights 'trips' rather than emphasizing the particular type of trip This edited version may seem bland in content, but no worse than the original
- How do people greet each other when in different time zones?
We usually say 'Good evening to India, good afternoon to Germany, good morning to America' or equivalent, or 'good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whichever time it is where you are', but it is still everytime as a half- or quarter-joke; there is simply no standard way to handle it, as it is too new a need to have made it into standard language
- Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
Good question I hear it in British films used very casually, and the Aussies seem to use it the way the Brits use mates — or at least in the same context
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