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History of have a good one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The term "have a good day" was the phrase of the times Everyone used it, I had to hear it so many times during the course of the day that I nearly went mad with the boredom of the phrase So, after a while I started to return "Have a good day" with "Have A Good One" meaning have a good whatever got you off
Whats the origin of the idiom dont give it the time of day? I Googled the phrase "time of day idiom" because I was particularly interested in the origin etymology of the "time of day" part I readily found the meaning (which I already knew), but was stymied as to its origin (which is what I wanted) Thus, I ask: what is the origin etymology of the idiom?
What are the origins of the phrase field day as used to refer to . . . A Field Day is a result of the ROE for a training schedule Each military organization MUST post a training schedule for the month which is adjusted weekly The days needed to train not in Garrison but in the field were pre-scheduled as a simple place on the training schedule for the month for scheduling purposes The week prior would be adjusted identifying the actual event (23 07 2016 Firing
Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix? That is why feminists, for example, rejected the word history and championed the notion of herstory during the 1970s, says Dictionary com’s Jane Solomon, “to point out the fact that history has mostly come from a male perspective ” The “his” in history has nothing, linguistically, to do with the pronoun referring to a male person
etymology - History of the phrase olden days - English Language . . . According to Google's Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase was coined some time around 1800 and peaked around 1930: The oldest reference I could find for "olden days" is the 1805 Tobias: a poem : in three parts by Rev Luke Booker: And the oldest I found for "olden times" is Poems on Affairs of State from 1620 to this Present Year 1707, in a poem called "GIGANTOMAXIA, or a full and true Relation of
etymology - Whats the origin of all the livelong day? - English . . . Ngram, all the livelong day can be found from the late 18th century 1786 Burns Twa Dogs 295 Or lee-lang nights, wi crabbit leuks, Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks 1787 F Burney Diary June, This was the last day of freedom for the whole livelong summer 1806 J Grahame Birds Scot 77 The live long summer day She at the house end sits
etymology - The history of the English postmeridian - English . . . There was a (post-classical) Latin word postmeridianum from the 6ᵗʰ century that meant “after midday” which English first borrowed directly as postmeridian no later than 1583 The OED says this of its history: As noun < post-classical Latin postmeridianum the hours after midday, afternoon (6th cent ), use as noun (short for classical Latin postmerīdiānum tempus the time after midday