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- etymology - The origin of Shelock Holmes deerstalker - English . . .
A deerstalker is a soft cap, most commonly associated with Sherlock Holmes Neither Oxford nor Etymonline lists the word's origin Does anyone know when and how this word originated?
- What were stalkers called before they were called stalkers?
His use of the deerstalker cap (which first appeared in some Strand illustrations by Sidney Paget) and the curved pipe became enduring symbols of the character [1] [self-published source] Deer stalking is a British term for the stealthy pursuit of deer on foot with intention of killing the deer for meat, for sport, or to control the numbers
- What is the origin of Y2K? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm not sure if it's apocryphal, but there is this article on Slate regarding the etymology of Y2K: Y2K was born on Monday, June 12, 1995, at 11:31 p m It was delivered in the middle of an otherwise unintelligible e-mail, a contribution to an Internet discussion group of computer geeks exploring the millennium bug long before most people were surfing the World Wide Web The efficiency of the
- citation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm a manager, writing a performance review for one of my direct reports The content is gathered from feedback of their peers Wherever possible, I like to use direct quotes, so long as it doesn't identify the individual who gave the feedback I have a situation where two back-to-back quotes flow together nicely, but I'm not sure how to properly punctuate it Here's the example sentence: They
- What is this type of hat with small pom-poms at the sides called?
Perhaps "Chapka" is more commonly used "Deerstalker" is another possibility, but the word also refers to Sherlock Holmes hat
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- grammatical number - A total of 10 babies is. . . vs. a total of 10 . . .
I would recast the sentence and skirt the issue :) But "There is a total of ten babies" is correct
- What is the origin of the expression Im broke?
When people have no money with them they usually use the expression "I'm broke" Does anyone know how this originated?
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I would like to know about how the name of this group was formed According to Etymonline the terms Ku Kux have a Greek origin, but it does not give more information: 1867, American English,
- What is the origin and history of the word motherf---er?
Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — anyone who has the slightest bit curiosity about this subject would do well to check out Jesse Sheidlower's The F-word, a very accessible and fun book In writing the book, the author had access to the Oxford
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