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| location | Saskatoon, Canada | |
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Feb 20 |
answered | Antonym for “prestigious” |
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Feb 20 |
answered | What does ‘Point Omega’ mean? Is it becoming a popular English word? |
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Feb 20 |
answered | The etymology of “Adam” has anything to do with “Adom,” hence “dominion”? |
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Feb 20 |
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What are the important differences between Canadian and American (USA) English? @Kyudos I think there is some variation and not all Canadians pronounce it the same way, but I personally do rhyme futile with tile. Most americans say (IPA /ˈfju.təl/) rhyming it roughly with brutal. Wiktionary has a nice selection of two different US pronunciations of roof, contrasting them with the UK and US. You will note that the second US pronunciation is quite distinct from goof. Many Americans pronounce hoof the same way. |
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Feb 6 |
answered | A synonymous word for “wrong desire” |
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Feb 4 |
answered | What better way? |
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Feb 4 |
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What is the i with a dot on top and dot on bottom called? deleted 49 characters in body |
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Feb 4 |
answered | What is the i with a dot on top and dot on bottom called? |
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Feb 4 |
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What is the i with a dot on top and dot on bottom called? @AndrewLeach I was about to agree with you and vote to close, but then I realized this is a question asking for an English word for a foreign glyph. Not so sure it's off-topic. |
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Jan 23 |
answered | Are there popular English sayings to express “Big fuss, tiny result”? |
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Jan 17 |
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Etymology of 'ripped' as in 'ripped abs' I agree. "Ripped" is a higher level of "Cut". It's the definition being emphasized. +1 for OED citation where the quote defines ripped by adding and close to the skin. |
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Jan 17 |
answered | Etymology of 'ripped' as in 'ripped abs' |
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Jan 16 |
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What are the important differences between Canadian and American (USA) English? @tchrist Do they really pronounce the vowel sounds differently? I'm not talking about whether they enunciate the 't' distinctly or not. According to the wikipedia article the writer/rider variant has a large distribution across the US, so maybe "most" is pushing it… |
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Jan 10 |
awarded | single-word-requests |
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Jan 7 |
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“Thank you all” — wrong or right? There is nothing ungrammatical about the phrase "thank you." It is an idiom. Someone who forces themselves to always write "I thank you" would sound overly stilted in the same way as if they never used contractions like "didn't" or "won't". |
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Jan 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 18 |
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Difference between “I am doing lunch” and “I am having lunch” I would rarely use the phrase I am doing lunch by itself. You don't "do" lunch by yourself or with yourself: We could "do lunch" or I could "do lunch" with a friend. I think the only way I would use the solitary phrase I am doing lunch would be in the sense of I am preparing lunch (for someone/some group/us, etc.) |
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Nov 15 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Nov 13 |
answered | What does the phrase “Fee-fi-fo-fum” actually mean? |
