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).

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.

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.

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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8月5日 · Your understanding of the meanings conveyed by the words is sound, but it's your understanding. In the way they are generally used, there is considerable overlap in the 'meaning' conveyed by them When my trainee teachers wrote lesson plans, they knew exactly how to word their aims and objectives, and would be corrected if they use these words …

2015年10月16日 · I've heard this phrase from various British people: "You alright" (comes out as a slurred "y'rite") and I'm always a bit confused on how to respond. From context, it seems to have two meanings (cor...

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.

2020年8月3日 · Bell’s Life in Sydney 12 May 3/4 (1855): He said he had just come out of ‘the jug;’ by ‘a jug,’ he meant either one of the banks or the gaol. 1861 Melbourne Punch ‘City Police Court’ 3 Oct. n.p.: Prisoner.