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- 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 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)
- “John Doe”, “Jane Doe” - Why are they used many times?
There is no recorded reason why Doe, except there was, and is, a range of others like Roe So it may have been a set of names that all rhymed and that law students could remember Or it could be that they were formed from a mnemonic, like the english pronouciation of a prayer or scripture in Latin Greek
- Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when?
The question title refers to expressing thousands using multiples of hundreds, like saying "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand two hundred" This is somehow new to me I may have heard it, li
- meaning - XOXO means hugs and kisses but why? - English Language . . .
The reason why hugs and kisses is rendered XOXO and not OXOX is unknown Maybe it because of the influence of Tic-tac-toe However, according to ScoopWhoop, it's under debate
- When and why did English stop pronouncing ‘hour’ with an [h] like its . . .
When and why did English stop pronouncing ‘hour’ with an [h] like its spelling still shows? Ask Question Asked 4 years ago Modified 4 years ago
- etymology - Why do we call our lovers baby? - English Language . . .
Why do we call our lovers "baby"? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 8 months ago Modified 12 years, 1 month ago
- pronunciation - Why is the “L” silent when pronouncing “salmon . . .
The reason why is an interesting one, and worth answering The spurious “silent l” was introduced by the same people who thought that English should spell words like debt and island with extra “historical” letters, which would be silent but tell you something presumably important regarding the word’s origin
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