- Cipher vs. Cypher - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The Oxford Dictionary gives both cipher and cypher in that order The preference for cipher over cypher seems to be a little greater in American English than in British English The Corpus of Contemporary American English has just over three times as many records for cipher than it has for cypher The British National Corpus has only one and a
- Cipher vs Cypher - British English vs American English
It is from sense 5 of the word cipher cypher in the Oxford English Dictionary Of course the word began life from the French cuffre (modern French chiffre ) with an entirely different meaning (the figure, nought) in the 14th century
- What is the origin of the phrase zero, zip, zilch, nada?
In the TV show Batman: The Animated Series, the character of Joker said the phrase "zero, zip, zilch, nada" Looking at Google results for that phrase, it seems to be more widely used, so I assume
- siphon vs. syphon - any reason to prefer one over the other?
Siphon is the common and preferred form My very big dictionary (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition) contains no distinct entry for syphon
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- What is the origin of prepone in Indian English?
AND when the wet or dry Inches are even, and less than 10, you are to place a Cypher before and after, thus, 09 0 ; and if more than 10, only after them, thus, 19 0 ; and if less than one Inch, thus, 005, where your Columns will admit of it ; or there is Room to alter your true Gauge by preponing or postponing any Figure
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