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etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in some . . . A person working in an Indian supermarket was shocked when I told her it's called Bell Pepper in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland I had to pull out Wikipedia to convince her it was true (Probably because she associated pepper with the spice ) What is the historical etymological explanation for this divergence in names between countries?
etymology - What is the origin of rings a bell? - English Language . . . For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling Another possible origin is the one this page advocates:
single word requests - Is there a term for the sound of a bicycle bell . . . A bicycle bell is a percussive signaling instrument mounted on a bicycle for warning pedestrians and other cyclists Wikipedia says that a bicycle bell produces a "ding-ding" sound, and so, since I'm not sure that "ding-ding" sound is the better choice currently in use, I wonder whether there is a single term with which one can more properly
orthography - Bell crank, bell-crank or bellcrank? - English Language . . . The first form, " bell crank " tells me that we are talking about a crank which turns actuates a bell The second form " bell-crank " tells me that we are talking about bell-shaped crank, or a specialty crank that is only useful for cranking bells, without saying anything of its shape
What is the origin of the idiom with all the bells and whistles? The Phrase Finder has an interesting assumption: Another possibility is that the expression derived from the work of the English cartoonist and sculptor Rowland Emett He created cartoons and contraptions, in a similar eccentric and whimsical style to the earlier artist, William Heath Given that 'bells and whistles' appears to be an American phrase, the archetypally English Emett might seem
single word requests - Interjection for the sound of a bell - English . . . That is an interesting question in its own right - what part of speech is "boom!"? If a human would exclaim it, I believe it would be an interjection If a bell produces the sound, is it still an interjection? What I meant by the question is that I wasn't looking for a noun ("a ringing") or verb ("to ring") The noun, verb and interjection (?) could all be said to be onomatopoetic, as far as I
adjectives - Is calling a gerund in calling bell? - English . . . It all boils down to whether "calling bell" means a static door bell or a bell that is actively calling in order to seek attention In the static door bell reading it's a compound noun, hyphenated, consisting of a gerund-participle verb + noun, with a purposive meaning: "bell for calling"