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What ever happened to fink? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The term "fink" sounds twee and almost charming in comparison, a suitable utterance for a child but much less so for an adult In fact, Batfink was a popular children's cartoon character, on both sides of the Atlantic, the TV cartoon was produced from April 1966 to October 1967 and enjoyed a cult following when it was repeated during the 1970s
accent - Is the pronunciation of th as in think f specific to a . . . Generally speaking, we pronounce th differenlty than f The inability to pronounce them differently is a fairly common speech impediment among children that sometimes requires speech therapy to correct HOWEVER, there are some accents in English where th is pronounced the same as f As far as I know, those dialects are all in England They center mostly around London in areas that are
What does the word phink in the pink panther cartoon mean? Phink is a jocular misspelling of fink, which in US slang of the 50s and 60s signified generally a despicable person and specifically a traitor or sneak, someone who betrays his criminal confederates to the police A common intensive form was rat fink, and it is worth noting that the Panther's adversary, the painter, visualizes him at two points in the cartoon as a rodent
Can nighttime be used instead of night-time? 0 The NGram is very persuasive for the use of "at nighttime" but I agree with Brian Fink that hyphenation is dying in favor of two-word usage (see what I did there?) and I think it's a huge mistake Hyphens can direct and associate the meaning of a phrase which is totally lost when two words are used
A word that represents a group of people working to achieve a common . . . There are several words that means a group of people with a common interest purpose goal aim etc These words might depend on the context as well: union: a number of persons, states, etc , joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union coalition: an alliance or union between groups, factions, or parties, esp for some temporary and specific reason league: An
What is the word meaning going on and on for miles and miles? @BrianJ Fink "Extending as it went" is non-idiomatic and semantically ambiguous The most likely interpretation of that phrase would be that the road actually becomes longer as one is travelling along it, a la the train tracks at the end of the Wallace and Gromit short "The Wrong Trousers " (A fun image, but probably not what you meant ) As a reader I would be extremely unlikely to interpret
Is or was written by? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare Does it matter if the work is an ongoing series? Welcome to Night Vale is written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Welcome to Night Vale was written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Are there other subtleties I haven't thought of?
Usage, meaning and popularity of the term nerd Penn State's pet, the rat fink, is R F at Southern Cal and "mouse fink" at ivy-bound Harvard At the University of North Carolina you can't even be that detestible beast, the fink
One word noun for truth-teller? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 1 Here are a few negative ones: rat, fink, snitch, mole, loose cannon, tattletale, traitor, blabbermouth A not so negative one: critic "He was my friend and critic" means he didn't lie about things to make me feel good Someone who gives information: informer, informant (This is presumed true, otherwise he or she is a misinformer, not an