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- Dieing vs dying - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is the formally correct spelling, dieing or dying? Is there any history of the alternative spelling? I type dieing naturally, but my spellchecker marks it wrong This is largely an etymology
- Meaning of dying aint much of a living? - slang
This is one very catchy phrase from an old movie Dying ain't much of a living, son -Clint Eastwood (The Outlaw Josey Wales) I know what does it mean literally but when to use it generally in day
- orthography - Spelling History: Dying vs Diing - English Language . . .
As I recall, when I was in Grade School (40 years ago), the spelling of the word dying was taught as diing Am I losing my mind or was that possible?
- single word requests - Term for Death by Lack of Water - English . . .
So a if one dies of starvation, one dies from "suffering or death caused by hunger (New Oxford American Dictionary)" Is there a given term for "suffering or death caused by lack of water thirst"? When one says "He starved to death", the meaning is "He died from hunger", but there's no term (at least to the best of my knowledge) for something like "He (word for died from thirst) to death)"
- What are the origins of the idiom dying to. . . ?
Good question It may also be worth answering the etymology of the similar idiom, 'dying for ' which I suspect is similar
- What is a respectful way to refer to a person who has died?
What is a respectful way to refer to a person who has died? Is it OK to call that person "rest in peace"? The rest in peace guy was a very generous man
- Death comes in threes origin? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
With David Bowie and Alan Rickman dying within a few days on each other (RIP), I've heard some people say, "Death always comes in threes, I wonder who's next " What is the origin of this phrase? H
- Word for software which has been killed or is no longer supported
Software features that are no longer supported are deprecated and then removed The software itself is usually described by whatever state it's actually in: e g , unsupported if help (support) is no longer available for an old version, or abandoned if the maintainers no longer work on it, etc Source: Software developer :)
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