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- questions - What is it called? VS What is it spelled? - English . . .
Is it because, in 'what is it called?', we are asking about the name of the object, and not necessarily the way to call it? I think if I write this, that will confuse my readers even more because they can also think that the name of the object is also the way we call it
- 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
- grammar - referred to as vs. called - English Language Usage . . .
In a sentence, is it better to use referred to as sth or called sth In the sentence I'm talking about TLS which is: most frequently referred to as SSL or most frequently called SSL I k
- etymology - Why is muscle cramp called a “charley horse”? - English . . .
The history told me nothing why an involuntary, extremely painful spasm, is named after a horse called Charley Charley in the UK is often spelled Charlie, a diminutive of Charles, and it's also used to call a foolish or silly person Who was Charley; was it the name of a horse?
- “peak” vs “summit” - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
A peak is a point or an area that is higher than all adjacent areas So it's completely localized, meaning that a mountain can have multiple peaks ( In mathematics, it's called local maximum)
- What the #$@ %*! is that called? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
These have also been called obscenicons Several links on Language Log offer an in-depth look at their usage More on the early days of obscenicons Obscenicons a century ago CALL ME UNPRONOUNCEABLE The "word" represented by the symbols could be pronounced bleep: So people came up with a small set of conventional euphemistic readings for <expletive suppressed>: "bleep", "bleeping", "bleepity
- synonyms - More formal alternative for called - English Language . . .
Is the word "called" used appropriately? The following sentences come from motivation letters and thesis I had an opportunity to attend a seminar at an agency called XYZ Group I studied
- etymology - Why shrink (of a psychiatrist)? - English Language . . .
I know it originates from "head shrinking", but it doesn't help me a lot to understand the etymology Why are psychiatrists called that? Is it like "my head is swollen [from anguish, misery, stress
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