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Is there a word describing someone who is ignorant in the ways of . . . If you are looking for an adjective that conveys ignorance, that would be unscientific: adj 2 ignorant of science If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable opinion --Chaucer
How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina? Instead of calling out " Beaver " whenever we spy a hapless wight with whiskers, let us shout "scaler" whenever we detect one of this host of miscreants What fun it would be to ride our trams then! This is the same year that the limerick about "a young lady named Eva" began to appear in limerick collections
Isle vs. Island - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In modern everyday use 'Isle' tends to be included in the name by which the place is known, such as the ones you mention plus the Isle of Skye, Isle of Mull, Isle of Wight etc
Is there a single word that means To commit treason? The verb is the same as the noun - 'treason' But the verb form is stated by the OED to be 'rare' 13 K Alis 723 Thy fadir hastow tresond here! c1330 R Mannyng Chron (1810) 105 Þei wer fulle wele knowen, þat wild haf tresond him c1374 Chaucer Troilus Criseyde iv 410 (438) To traysen [v r trassen] a wight þat trewe is vn-to me 1890 L Lewis Proving of Gennad xv 104 Ere morning
grammaticality - English Language Usage Stack Exchange How can I explain to people that the phrase off of is grammatically incorrect? I‘ve heard this phrase used a lot, especially by Americans (though they aren't the only ones) In my understanding
Where is great in Great Britain coming from? The nations including the islands that belong to them (The Isle of Wight, Anglesey, loads of Scottish islands) In that context "Great Britain", described geographically, comprises more than one island
When to put River before or after its name and why? It is a matter of convention The same goes for many other geologic or hydrologic features: the Leyte Gulf but the Gulf of Mexico, Loch Lomond but Alemoor Loch, the Isle of Wight but Portsea Island That said, Nnn River is the far more prevalent form in the U S ; it would be quite rare to hear of the River Missouri or the River Columbia in prose
grammaticality - Is there a full stop after Mrs. ? - English Language . . . The distinction between abbreviations (e g I o W = Isle of Wight) and contractions (e g Dr = Doctor, where the first and last letters are retained) is a useful one, but has been eroded in the 20c by a widespread tendency to abandon the use of full points altogether for both types