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- mathematics - Why must the cent symbol come after the value? - English . . .
Why the bank usage was adopted by newspapers is another question One can only say the bank usage has become the general way of writing amount of money and currency contrary to the way we speak
- Why does No mean Number? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Why does English use "No " as an abbreviation for "Number"? It's a preserved scribal abbreviation like the ampersand (formed by eliding the letters of et to mean and) The OED has it in use from the 8th century, based on the ablative numerō used for an implied preposition in: X in or according to number It also gets used by the French based on numéro, which produced Wiktionary's erroneous
- Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other languages?
The question is: why did the English adapt the name pineapple from Spanish (which originally meant pinecone in English) while most European countries eventually adapted the name ananas, which came from the Tupi word nanas (also meaning pineapple)
- Why are the United States often referred to as America?
Why would it be strange to shorten this? It is common to shorten the official name of a country — most people don't even know the official names for the various countries For example, the official name of Mexico is "los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", which means "the Mexican United States"; nobody is surprised that it is referred to as "Mexico"
- 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
- Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria?
Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria? [closed] Ask Question Asked 5 years, 3 months ago Modified 5 years, 3 months ago
- Why is electrocardiogram abbreviated EKG instead of ECG?
So why is it often referred to as EKG instead of ECG? (ECG is an acronym for electrocardiogram, and it appears to be used twice as often in English literature as EKG
- Why meth-, eth-, prop-, when there is uni-,di-,tri-?
In chemistry, the homologous series for hydrocarbons uses the following prefixes: Meth- Eth- Prop- But- Pent- Hex- Hept- Oct- Why are these prefixes used, instead of just usin
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