- At hand vs on hand vs in hand - English Language Usage Stack . . .
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- Etymological origin of deosil and widdershins
Deosil comes from Gaelic (both the Irish and Scottish forms, found as deiseil, deiseal and deasal), and means "right", being the direction one turns when going clockwise
- pronunciation - Whats the rule for pronouncing “’s” as z or s . . .
If the final sound in the base of the word is voiced, we use the voiced alveolar sibilant z If the last sound in the base is an unvoiced consonant, we use s
- Origin of the phrase, Theres more than one way to skin a cat.
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- Origin of the phrase Now were cooking with
Origin Gas cookers began to replace wood-burners around 1915, and the actual phrase was used by Hollywood radio comedians around December 1939, and then appropriated by gas companies to promote gas cooking from around 1941 onwards
- What is the origin of sucker and it sucks?
etymonline has for suck: O E sucan, from PIE root sug- suk-of imitative origin Meaning “do fellatio” is first recorded 1928
- word choice - What types of sounds do cars make? - English Language . . .
A driving car makes a different sound than a car that is starting up A driving car might purr if it's a good car, or hum or drone
- capitalization - Which words in a title should be capitalized . . .
Title case conventions can vary among different authors or publications But the most common rule is the following (from yourdictionary com):
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