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- british english - Why is the Yorkshire dialect called Tyke? - English . . .
Those varieties are often referred to as Broad Yorkshire or Tyke Why is the Yorkshire dialect called 'Tyke'? Can the accent be referred to as tyke as well? ODO's definition of tyke includes a number of negative senses Is this sense also derogatory?
- colloquialisms - Etymology of got the monk on - English Language . . .
He's allus got the monk on abaht summat " (For the meaning of Tyke, see Why is the Yorkshire dialect called 'Tyke'?) A search for the phrase turns up several fairly recent publications that use it precisely in the sense of "sulking " From Ajay Close, Forspoken (1998) [combined snippets]: 'Don't be so nesh '
- What does gotcha mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Following from Jasper Loy's statement It is short for "Got you!", itself having the subject implied "I have got you " It regularly means, at least in the UK, "I understand [what you mean]" A: You turn left, then right, go straight on and it is on your left B: Gotcha! and A: They'll never know who did it <manic laughter> B: Gotcha! You little tyke!
- etymology - Why is plaid pronounced plad? - English Language . . .
Why is there an 'ai' in plaid if it is pronounced "plad"? That's a word that used to trip me up when I was a little tyke (This time, unlike my previous question, I hope I'm right in saying that
- Differences between dyke, levee and berm? - English Language Usage . . .
A dyke and a levee are both walls to keep out water It appears that levee is associated only with rivers while dyke can also apply to the sea A berm isn't necessarily associated with damming water It's just a raised area (mound or ledge) of dirt
- Etymology of “take to the cleaners. ” - English Language Usage . . .
The Cleaners Cleaned out in the sense of ‘no money after (gambling) losses’ first appears in an American edition of a play performed at Covent Garden that same year: Tyke So what with that and playing cards … I was — Lord Avon Ruined Tyke Yes; as Jockey Lords said — completely cleaned out — Thomas Morton, The School of Reform (comedy), Philadelphia, 1805 It may be obvious to
- Should I use got or gotten in the following sentence?
I can't figure out whether to use got or gotten in the following sentence: I no longer recognized my own skin, my own feelings, my own thoughts It was as if the real me had got gotten lost on
- phrases - Is it a driver license or a drivers license or a . . .
Using of driver driver's or driving license depends very much on what we are trying to say: For example I would say: a I lost my driving license b It was about a driver license c I renewed my driver's license (Provided that it is clear that I am talking about my driver's driving license ) But again, in daily conversations, they are used almost interchangeably thus causing such confusions
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