- British usage of “cha”, “char” or “chai” to mean “tea”
By happenstance, I stumbled upon the words cha, char and chai in the dictionary today, all defined as meaning tea in informal British English I lived and worked in London for some time, but never
- What does gotcha mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Gotcha actually has several meanings All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you" Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, obtained", it means "I've caught you" As in, you were falling, and I caught you, or you were running, and I grabbed you It's a short step from the benign type of caught to the red-handed type of caught
- I appreciate cha - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I, having lived most of my life in the American South, have heard this expression a lot (though I would tend to spell and pronounce it "'preciate 'cha" I e "Preeshee-a-chuh") Having also lived in other regions, though, I'm well aware that it's as peculiar to Southerners as "y'all " Idk the etymological details of the idiom, I think it's very typical of southern warmth and friendliness It
- pronunciation - Rules to pronounce cha- words - English Language . . .
Closed 10 years ago I am puzzled on how to pronounce cha- words For example, I know that "chameleon" or "chamomile" are pronounced with a hard "c" like in "camel", not with a soft "c" like in "change" "Charity", on the other hand, is pronounced as in "change" Is there some rule to infer the correct pronunciation?
- contractions - Are what-cha and arent-cha examples of elision . . .
Are these words examples of elision? What effect do they create? If a child says them what does this suggest about their language development? Thanks for any help!!
- meaning - Changes in , Changes of or Changes to - English . . .
I am confused about the selection of in, of or to I want to explain that "changes in hydrological variables and changes in landscape variables in wetlands can change the populations of waterbirds"
- What is the phrase for a romantic relationship between two incompatible . . .
What is the phrase for a romantic relationship between two incompatible personality types? Example: nerd amp; party animal Often seen in movies, lots of examples e g quot;Hometown Cha Cha Cha q
- colloquialisms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am not sure if the title is clear enough to you, so let me briefly explain what I'm looking for We sometimes see children who look very much like their father or mother, or even behave typicall
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