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What is a 17th-century affectionate term for "Mother"?
I'm writing a ghost story, and (in an admittedly well-worn trope) a child ghost is looking for its mother; however, how would a 17th-century child affectionately refer to its mother? In short, what ...
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Alzheimer disease or Alzheimer's disease? [closed]
What is the proper spelling: Alzheimer or Alzheimer's Disease?
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What are some good sites for researching etymology?
I'm wondering about the origins of a particular word and, while my first thought was to ask the ELU community, I decided I should do the work myself.
Where should I start looking? I'd love to see ...
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Best source for origins of expressions and idioms? [closed]
I'm often interested in the origins of English phrases, and I know that I can find answers by googling, and I can find good answers by asking here.
How can I find good answers myself? Are there any ...
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Deciphering two words from their Archaic spellings
I am translating the 1509, first English Translation of Sebastian Brant's The Shyp of foyls (The Ship of Fools), and came across two words which, for the life of me, I could not construe or make ...
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Etymology of "fairy"
All the standard dictionaries--with the notable exception of the OED--seem to trace the etymology of fairy through Old French fae to Latin fata, meaning "the fates" or "the goddess of fate". As a ...
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Which tense should I use when presenting a table of data?
I have a table and the description of the table as followed:
Table 7 presents the likelihood of OPT occurrences from the time
annotated sentences; V-RB refers to the sentences which contain
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