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Meaning of true north - English Language Usage Stack Exchange True north differs from magnetic north, which varies from place to place and over time due to local magnetic anomalies A magnetic compass almost never shows true north In fact over millions of years, magnetic north wanders considerable and occasionally reverses so that the magnetic north pole has been near the geographic south pole at some
Word or Phrase for someone who pushes others to their full potential We are forever in your debt Your capacity to galvanize our hunger for knowledge is unparalleled and should we ever feel our endeavors have lead us astray, we need only reorientate ourselves back to true north, to you Professor X: our compass rose
Why are the United States often referred to as America? While it's true that there are plenty of countries which have a federal structure like the USA, a key difference is that most don't use the words "united states" in their official name Hence there is little ambiguity in using that term to refer to the USA (though as mentioned in the question, you could in theory be referring to Mexico)
Etymology of fixing to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange It comes from the days of sailing ships When headed out to open sea they would prepare by "fixing" their compasses by aligning up with objects that were in a true north south line To say that you're fixing to do something is to say that you're preparing to do something
Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings? Farmers in the 1950s north of Lisbon followed a pattern similar to that described by @DohnJoe : breakfast (called the 'bug-killer') before leaving to the fieds, hot meals on the field (usually delivered by a kid) later in the morning and early in the afternoon, cold snack later, and another hot meal in the evening
meaning - When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language . . . [Relevant examples:] North Atlantic States [as an official U S census designation], New York State Lowercase: state {used in a general sense and when it does not follow a proper name: state of New York, state of Oklahoma} and coast {when the meaning is the shoreline rather than the region: Pacific coast, Atlantic coast}
Indian comes from Italian Spanish gente in dios (God-like people . . . A Hathi Trust search of the bilingual (Spanish English) edition of the Cecil Jane translation of The Four Voyages of Columbus: A Documentary History reports 90 instances of the word gente and 50 instances of the word Dios, but 0 instances of the phrase gente in Dios
Where does this proverb come from? “If you want to go fast, go alone . . . All joking aside, an NPR investigation found that, while the phrase "does hold true to the spirit of some African cultures," there is no clear evidence of an African origin The Andrew Whitby article linked in the comments introduces some evidence of similar proverbs in African cultures, but the evidence seems weak
Confused by the British having “dinner” in the afternoon” and “tea” in . . . I live and work in the North of England, growing up and interacting with mostly local people of similar upbringing, I tended to use "dinner" for noon-time and "tea" for an evening meal Having lived abroad, and since moving back, becoming friends with people from all over the country world, I tend to use "lunch" and "dinner" for midday and
What is a word that means something that seems true, but isnt? I've been looking for a general word to define an idea that seems true, but simply isn't A simple example: "The Earth is flat " If all you know is the world outside your window, and you've never done any basic experiments, read books, or seen photos to the contrary, this seems like a reasonable explanation