- Named vs called - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc ) Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo Is "named" an accepta
- american english - Named for vs. named after - English Language . . .
Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so understood to mean "in honour of" The American "named for" is clearly in the sense that I do something "for" you, ie as a gift, so if I named something after someone, it would be as a gift "for" them, so it was named "for" them
- How should I use eponym, eponymous and namesake?
None of these seem to be proper, given that eponym and eponymous are used for people or things that are named after a person Since the Tower Bridge is not a person, these terms should not be used
- What is the difference between named and termed?
However, termed is much more formal and is often used to describe very specific concepts in multiple different fields named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, much less restrictive than termed The general consensus seems to be: if you want to give a name to a very specific concept in a formal environment, pick termed
- etymology - What reasoning is behind the names of the trigonometric . . .
The meanings of these words are very similar: the sine of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse; the secant is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent
- grammar - I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith - English . . .
Bert: I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith Uncle Albert: What's the name of his other leg? It is a joke that exploits a common ambiguity in English communication Obviously, naming a wooden leg is absurd, and so most listeners understand that the intention of Bert's reply, upon hearing it, is to explain that the name belongs to the man
- A word for the person after whom someone or something is named
Places, roads, streets etc , get named after famous people, too Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them But I am not yet aware of a term that refers to the person whose name is given to people, places or objects this way Is there a suitable word to fill in the blank below?
- Are people named or called? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
People are both named and called You are "named" at birth by your parents, and "called" by other people during your lifetime In your examples, however, I would use neither verb "The first president of the United States, George Washington, never cut down a cherry tree " That does not mean those verbs do not have their uses, however Sometimes it improves the flow of a sentence or changes the
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