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- Where does the use of why as an interjection come from?
"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
- Why . . . ? vs. Why is it that . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
11 Why is it that everybody wants to help me whenever I need someone's help? Why does everybody want to help me whenever I need someone's help? Can you please explain to me the difference in meaning between these two questions? I don't see it
- meaning - XOXO means hugs and kisses but why? - English Language . . .
The reason why hugs and kisses is rendered XOXO and not OXOX is unknown Maybe it because of the influence of Tic-tac-toe However, according to ScoopWhoop, it's under debate
- etymology - Why lemon for a faulty or defective item? - English . . .
Why is the delicious fruit associated with faulty goods? Etymonline says: perhaps via criminal slang sense of "a person who is a loser, a simpleton," which is perhaps from the notion of someone a sharper can "suck the juice out of " A pool hall hustle was called a lemon game (1908);
- Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1) Please tell me why is it like that [grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed Please tell me: Why is it like that? The question: "Why is [etc ]" is a question form in English: Why is the sky blue? Why is it that children require so much attention? Why is it [or some thing] like that?
- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
Why do people use the latter terminology? For one thing, I find it confusing It doesn't help that BCE is similar to BC But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two terms, whereas with BC and AD, the terms are clearly different and I find it easier to distinguish! Were BCE CE established earlier than BC AD?
- Why is the word bologna pronounced like baloney?
Maybe they wanted to make a distinction between Bologna the name of the town, and bologna, the name of the sausage In both the cases, in Italian the -gna part is pronounced the same as in lasagna, and lavagna
- Why is the ph pronounced like a v in Stephen? Is this the only . . .
The source of Stephen is the Greek name Stephanos This name was borrowed into English long enough ago that the intervocalic [f] sound was voiced to become [v] This is a regular sound change that was also responsible for some other f~v alternations in English, such as loaf~loaves However, in the name Stephen the spelling "ph" remained (or has been restored) due to the influence of the Greek
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