User Matthew Christopher Bartsh

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Does "rickety" come from "rickets" or vice versa?

asked Jul 7, 2022 at 15:38

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3 answers

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Why is the word "oven" used to refer to a cremator in a concentration camp?

asked Jun 28, 2022 at 2:58

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Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not always 'three score and ten years'?

asked May 9, 2021 at 17:53

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1 answer

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Is modern 'five countries' English the only type of English with stress patterns that change across the entire word depending on the suffix?

asked May 11, 2021 at 7:00

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The word 'grocer' comes from 'gross'. But which sense(s) of 'gross'? Only a nonspecific large amount, or also, to any degree, exactly 144?

asked Apr 8, 2021 at 0:50

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How do I say whether or not a number was pronounced like a telephone number (or zip code). Are there words for this?

asked Apr 1, 2021 at 17:13

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Are there words that specify that a number was pronounced 'six double zero ' vs 'six zero zero'? [duplicate]

asked Apr 1, 2021 at 17:59

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What's a word that means a brainteaser or puzzle so easy that you must be "inattentive" if you can't solve it and yet some normal people can't?

asked Apr 7, 2022 at 10:15

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When is a genus name without an initial capital letter acceptable in formal (but not necessarily in a scientific context) English? [duplicate]

asked May 30, 2023 at 18:21

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What is it called when people, e.g. computer programmers, pronounce, say, 65,536 as 'sixty-five, five, thirty-six' i.e. omitting 'thousands' etc?

asked Apr 4, 2021 at 7:47

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Does "rickety" come from "rickets" or vice versa?

Why is the word "oven" used to refer to a cremator in a concentration camp?

Why is it 'three score years and ten' almost half the time and not always 'three score and ten years'?

Is modern 'five countries' English the only type of English with stress patterns that change across the entire word depending on the suffix?

The word 'grocer' comes from 'gross'. But which sense(s) of 'gross'? Only a nonspecific large amount, or also, to any degree, exactly 144?

How do I say whether or not a number was pronounced like a telephone number (or zip code). Are there words for this?

Are there words that specify that a number was pronounced 'six double zero ' vs 'six zero zero'? [duplicate]

What's a word that means a brainteaser or puzzle so easy that you must be "inattentive" if you can't solve it and yet some normal people can't?

When is a genus name without an initial capital letter acceptable in formal (but not necessarily in a scientific context) English? [duplicate]

What is it called when people, e.g. computer programmers, pronounce, say, 65,536 as 'sixty-five, five, thirty-six' i.e. omitting 'thousands' etc?