- 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
- 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!!
- pronunciation - Rules to pronounce cha- words - English Language . . .
Closed 9 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?
- Chat to vs. Chat with - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The prepositions are both idiomatic with 'chat' and are often used interchangeably, especially in American English However, for those with a more poetic sense of language, 'chat to' is more unidirectional than 'chat with' That is to say, 'chat with' conveys a greater emphasis on the bidirectionality of the exchange, while 'chat to' conveys a greater emphasis on the unidirectionality of the
- I appreciate cha - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Say you do something simple and nice for someone A normal reply would be "I appreciate that, thank you " (phrased in either order) But for the past year or two, down here in the southern US, I'v
- What’s a non-vulgar alternative for “covering one’s
Oxford Dictionaries Online writes in their U S section that the phase cover one’s ass is an informal phrase meaning: Foresee and avoid the possibility of attack or criticism ‘I like to
- 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"
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