I understand that the word spook is a racial slur that rose in usage during wwii The oed doesn't explain why it is used in that manner I also know germans called black gunners spookwaffe
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What i don't understand is why
As jimi oke points out, it doesn't matter what letter the word starts with, but what sound it starts with
Since usual starts with a 'y' sound, it should take 'a' instead of 'an' Also, if you say today. Why is 'c*nt' so much more derogatory in the us than the uk Ask question asked 14 years, 7 months ago modified 8 years, 11 months ago
The word pussy is often used to mean coward This guy is a pussy And i am wondering why How are woman's genitals related to being a coward?
Why did the english adapt the name pineapple from spanish (which originally meant pinecone in english) while most european countries eventually adapted the.
I suspect because the phrase was only needed for women and widower is a much later literary invention Widow had a lot of legal implications for property, titles and so on Which one is correct and used universally I don’t owe you an explanation as to why i knocked the glass over
I don’t owe you an explanation of why i knocked the glass over I don't know why, but it seems to me bob would sound a bit strange if he said, why is it that you have to get going? eliminating 'that' before 'bob' would seem to be more in context. As to why present day usage is as it is According to the online etymology dictionary, it comes from fag, meaning a loose piece of cloth:
Fag (n.1) look up fag at dictionary.com british slang for cigarette (originally,.
Spook seems to also mean 'ghost' in german Did the americans call them spooks because the germans did If so, why did the germans call them. An hour is correct, because hour starts with a vowel sound
People seem to ask most often about words that start with the letters h and u because sometimes these words start with vowel sounds. That's a very good question I've used all of the other ones on. Why does power drop occur when the buzzer is activated
Has the silver surfer's clothing (or lack thereof) ever been addressed in the comics?
I don't think we are discussing whether ananas or pineapple was used first, but where it came from and why the english language does not use ananas today Why no, no more then reason
