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- Where does blah meaning idle talk come from?
Bla! Bla! What absurd ideas some people have 1848 - The Santa Fe Republican (Santa Fe, NM) 15 Oct 3 4 Baby talk A few other early examples use "bla" to describe baby-talk, setting up the possibility that it was first used to describe meaningless talk from an infant and grew from that to refer to idle or meaningless talk generally
- orthography - Is blah blah blah the most common spelling? - English . . .
The phrase "blah blah blah" is so informal as to not warrant an official, correct spelling by any authority So only practice defines (circularly) what is the most common And that seems to me 'blah blah blah'
- Any other way of saying blah blah blah - English Language Usage . . .
You might say "blah blah blah" when you're not interested in what'd be said I sometimes say "whatever" to convey the same idea, which does not share the nice rhythm effect of "blah blah blah" As
- Where should the comma be placed in the salutation of a letter?
Bla bla bla It is uncommon to put a comma before the title even in an informal email salutation (though quite acceptable), but it would never be done in a formal letter email
- (Parentheses (inside parentheses)) - English Language Usage Stack . . .
As you saw in the title, parentheses inside parentheses don't look too good But, gramatically speaking, is it correct to do this? For example: Go to this site (you should probably check it out,
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- terminology - Word for the back side of a letter - English Language . . .
The back side of a coin is called reverse, the left or back side of a bound manuscript is the verso, but what is the back of a piece of paper such as a letter (not the envelope) called? Dictionarie
- In the next or in next? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which variant is correct, "the main idea was in the next: bla-bla-bla" or "the main idea was in next: bla-bla-bla?"
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