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History of have a good one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The term "have a good day" was the phrase of the times Everyone used it, I had to hear it so many times during the course of the day that I nearly went mad with the boredom of the phrase So, after a while I started to return "Have a good day" with "Have A Good One" meaning have a good whatever got you off
etymology - History of the phrase olden days - English Language . . . According to Google's Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase was coined some time around 1800 and peaked around 1930: The oldest reference I could find for "olden days" is the 1805 Tobias: a poem : in three parts by Rev Luke Booker: And the oldest I found for "olden times" is Poems on Affairs of State from 1620 to this Present Year 1707, in a poem called "GIGANTOMAXIA, or a full and true Relation of
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Emperor Constantine established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar in 321 and designated Sunday and Monday as the first two days of the week The other weekday names in English are derived from Anglo-Saxon names for gods in Teutonic mythology Tuesday comes from Tiu, or Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon name for Tyr, the Norse god of war
Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix? This question is a tad backwards, because looking at the etymology, it's rather clear that it's not a prefix that was added to form "history", but rather a part of the word was lost to form "story" Why that happened, however, is not obvious, so it's still a fair question to ask
history - Was the N-word an offensive word in Mark Twains day . . . Many people in the US feel extremely uncomfortable with the "N word" because of its checkered history and negative connotations, though the word was much more commonplace at the time that the story was written The common term for African American ethnicity was derogatory and dehumanizing, so Twain went with the common term as a sign of the times
What does the phrase “it’s like Groundhog Day every day” mean, and . . . “It’s like Groundhog Day every day,” Jamison admitted of their epic losing streak What does this mean? Yes, I’ve read up on and know what Groundhog Day literally is: a holiday that celebrates a quaint folk tradition of determining the seasons
What is the term for schools where students stay in one class all day . . . In most American elementary schools, the students do indeed stay in one class all day; however, they also keep the same teacher all day who will teach all subjects: math, english, social studies, etc This is separate than a system where the students stay in the same classroom but they have different teachers per subject Just adding that info