As to why present day usage is as it is The question title refers to expressing thousands using multiples of hundreds, like saying twelve hundred instead of one thousand two hundred this is somehow new to me According to the online etymology dictionary, it comes from fag, meaning a loose piece of cloth:
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Fag (n.1) look up fag at dictionary.com british slang for cigarette (originally,.
What i don't understand is why
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. Stack exchange network consists of 183 q&a communities including stack overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their. 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?

Why no, no more then reason
The oed doesn't explain why it is used in that manner First it was just a question expressing doubt reduced to its essence Stack exchange network consists of 183 q&a communities including stack overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn,. As to why, there's this answer
I don't know why, but it seems to me that bob would sound a bit strange if he said, why is it that you have to get going? in that situation. I understand that the word spook is a racial slur that rose in usage during wwii I also know germans called black gunners spookwaffe 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 can be compared to an old latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how

Today why is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something.

