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Are names of chemicals not proper nouns? - English Language Usage . . . Product names which are derived after an inventor's name will often remain capitalized, though not always (e g the petroleum distillate used to power trucks and locomotives is called "diesel" rather than "Diesel" even though it's named after the inventor of the four-stroke compression-ignition engine for which that fuel was formulated)
Origin of the phrase Now were cooking with The original is "Now You're Cooking With Gas", supposedly part of an ad campaign from the era when gas stoves first started replacing wood stoves for cooking in the home The Wikitionary entry cooking with gas offers some insight, but I couldn't locate a specific ad campaign, or any other corroborating materials This article suggests that this would have been early in the 1900s
word choice - What types of sounds do cars make? - English Language . . . Modern cars aren't supposed to make much noise at all There's the comfort of travellers and the general public near the highway to consider, not to mention the fact that fuel economy implies aerodynamic body shape At most, what we're looking for is something like "muted hum"
What is the origin of sucker and it sucks? etymonline has for suck: O E sucan, from PIE root sug- suk- of imitative origin Meaning “do fellatio” is first recorded 1928 Slang sense of “be contemptible” first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio) and sucker: “young mammal before it is weaned”, late 14c , agent noun from suck Slang meaning “person who is easily deceived” is first attested 1836, in
Word for meaning across the solar system - English Language Usage . . . @Diesel 'Interplanetary' works for multiple planets Using 'Multi-interplanetary' is like eating goulash with your mouth open; that may be the way you do it when you're alone, but nobody else wants to be around you then
Is is correct to use we refer to your mail trailing below The sentence would be fine if mail trailing were an actual noun I certainly have no idea what a mail trailing might be If trailing is being used as a verb, it's extremely nonstandard Pieces of mail aren't normally referred to as trailing something In short, the problem with the sentence has nothing to do with below, but everything to do with trailing
When did the insult “up yours” come into existence? The movie Blazing Saddles used everything and anything to get a laugh When the African American sheriff, newly assigned to a rural town, patrolled the main thoroughfare he happened upon an elderl
Does speak in a low voice refer to volume loudness or to pitch? Vin Diesel has a low voice: Vin Diesel on CO2 sounds like a diesel (hah!) generator, on Helium a normal person; his voice is low regardless of the volume he speaks I think it would be clearer if you edited to make it more obvious the answer is essentially 'both or either, depending on context '