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- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
Edit: Another Wikipedia page: The big Z It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z Thus a speech bubble with this letter standing all alone (again, drawn by hand rather than a font type) means the character is sleeping in most humorous comics This can be seen, for instance, in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strips Being such a long
- What is the origin of the phrase playing hooky?
What does the word "hooky" mean in the phrase "play hooky" (skipping class truancy) and where did it come from?
- Is this Monday or next Monday the correct way to refer to the very . . .
To me, the meaning of this Monday depends on the tense; in the past tense, I would take it to mean this past Monday, and in future tense, I would take it to mean this coming Monday Next Monday I take to mean the next Monday in the calendar (so between 1 and 7 days in the future), and like you, I condsider Monday week = a week on Monday, but I'm unsure how widespread this usage is
- expressions - Is it appropriate to use the sentence- Greetings of the . . .
I often receive e-mails which start with the sentence- 'Greetings of the day ' instead of Good morning or good afternoon I am wondering whether it is correct to use this in formal emails and letters
- The meaning and the origins of everythings gone pear-shaped.
I've recently heard this phrase spoken twice on a British television show, and I assume it means something along the lines of, "everything's fallen apart," generally meaning, things are bad right n
- AM PM vs a. m. p. m. vs am pm - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I used to think PM AM was correct, but at some point, I switched to using p m a m for reasons I can't recall I know that in practical, casual writing, people tend to use whatever form is most
- How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina?
What is the etymology of the word beaver as it relates to a woman's vagina?
- Where did the term OK Okay come from? - English Language Usage . . .
After the resolutions had been read [at the Whig party's Vermont state convention] Mr [Charles] ADAMS made some remarks in support of them, partly as he remarked, because he was a citizen of this state and partly because he was one of the committee which reported them
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