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- single word requests - Is there a term for the sound of a bicycle bell . . .
A bicycle bell is a percussive signaling instrument mounted on a bicycle for warning pedestrians and other cyclists Wikipedia says that a bicycle bell produces a "ding-ding" sound, and so, since
- What is the origin of the idiom with all the bells and whistles?
The Phrase Finder has an interesting assumption: Another possibility is that the expression derived from the work of the English cartoonist and sculptor Rowland Emett He created cartoons and contraptions, in a similar eccentric and whimsical style to the earlier artist, William Heath Given that 'bells and whistles' appears to be an American phrase, the archetypally English Emett might seem
- etymology - What is the origin of rings a bell? - English Language . . .
For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling Another possible origin is the one this page advocates:
- colloquialisms - Words are not sparrows; once they have flown they . . .
The bell, once rung, cannot be unrung or You cannot unring the bell Google books traces "cannot be unrung" to 1924: what is learned or suspected outside of court may have some influence on the judicial decision It may be only a subtle or even subconscious influence, but a bell cannot be unrung Adverse claimants have at least some reason to fear By 1948 it is in the Utah bar
- single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell? - English . . .
If you wanted to describe the sound of a small brass bell that you can hold in your hand (this is an example image of what I mean - what word would you use? Brrring? Bling?
- grammar - Why go off, as in alarm went off? - English Language . . .
The picture is that the alarm is loud (a siren, bell, etc) and indicates danger of some sort In a computer system, an "alarm" might simply be a light or a sentence printed, but the mental picture still applies A light "goes on", so you might even see an indicator light "go on" indicating that an alarm has "gone off"
- Use of hardly. . . when - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Pl see the sentence below [1] Hardly had the bell rung when Matthew started running out of his classroom I guess the construction is correct If I change this to [2] Hardly the bell had r
- adjectives - Is calling a gerund in calling bell? - English . . .
2 calling-bell It all boils down to whether "calling bell" means a static door bell or a bell that is actively calling in order to seek attention In the static door bell reading it's a compound noun, hyphenated, consisting of a gerund-participle verb + noun, with a purposive meaning: "bell for calling"
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