- Why, in older books (Victorian era), are dates often given with the . . .
Why is it, in older books, that years are sometimes redacted and replaced with a dash when writing the date in letters and so forth? Here is an example, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Letter 1 St Petersburgh, Dec 11th, 17-- TO Mrs Saville, England You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied
- Why Does $ Come Before the Number But % Comes After it?
I'm nit-picking a bit, but '%' is not a unit of measure- it denotes a ratio multiplied by 100 for convenience, and represents the 100 required to yield the actual ratio Variants have appeared before the number in Italian, for example
- 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)
- 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 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
- Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria?
Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria? [closed] Ask Question Asked 5 years, 4 months ago Modified 5 years, 4 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 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"
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