2014年12月6日 · Kilmainham Gaol for example, would almost never be called "Kilmainham Jail". Those in current use are mostly renamed by the British or Irish government though. Reading Gaol, as mentioned in the answer is now HM Prison Reading, while as an Irish example Mountjoy Gaol is now Mountjoy Prison. –

2019年2月19日 · Like many words in British English Gaol entered the language as part of the aftermath of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Gaol in British English is derived from the Anglo-Norman French word "Gayole" rather than the Old French " Jailoe". Oxford Dictionaries. Origin Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage).

2013年4月25日 · Nick (The), gaol. This doesn't have any relation to cave or hollow; it's much more likely a loconym created out of the action of arrest. Personally, though, I'll maintain the head canon that some literate degenerates derived it via "Nick, n.2" and "Old Nick, n." from "Old Iniquity", apparently a set figure in early modern morality plays.

2020年4月1日 · It appears to be a BrE term: Stir . Prison: also sterr, stur [abbr. Rom. sturiben, a prison, staripen, to imprison; ult. štar, to imprison]

2014年2月6日 · 'Offender' and 'ex-offender' are the kinds of terms used in Britain by professionals working in the criminal justice system, magistrates, solicitors, probation-officers, social workers etc.

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2014年9月17日 · ELL is the right place for posting such doubts. Keeping it simple,when we say something is ok with us, it means that it is agreeable to us.

2023年10月10日 · It is sometimes called a speakeasy window.. Examples can be found at Google Images.. In the prohibition era, they were commonly used on the doorways to speakeasy bars, and a patron would often have to whisper a secret password through the window before being allowed to enter the establishment.

2019年11月20日 · Here in the States it is tricky due to the melting pot of cultures so "thats fine" could be interpreted as a simple acknowledgement/agreement to a passive aggressive way of showing ones upset/half-hearted agreement without actually saying the words.

2015年10月16日 · Part of the key to this is matching the length of response to the length of greeting. 'y'alright?' or just 'alright' tends to be said as an acknowledgement in passing and mostly isn't a conversation opener or and invitation to stop and chat.