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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
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
slang - Are the terms welsh or welch (as in reneging on a bet . . . It is thought to have derived from Welsh and is often considered derogatory Use renege or other wording instead Online Etymology Dictionary Etymonline com says of welch: 1857, racing slang, "to refuse or avoid payment of money laid as a bet," probably a disparaging use of the national name Welsh And of Welsh: Among the English, Welsh was used disparagingly of inferior or substitute things
Why use need not instead of do not need to? The header of psyco sourceforge net states: High-level languages need not be slower than low-level ones Why use need not instead of do not need? What does it mean? Also, why no to before be?
Is Is it a girl or a boy? really calling the infant an it? @BrianJ Fink: the title is not the question, just as the headline of a newspaper article is not the article If you only read the title, you cannot possibly know enough to answer
What happened to the “‑est” and “‑eth” verb suffixes in English? What happened to them, and how were they once used? Straining my mind to sound archaic, I came up with the following: Dost thou thinkest thou can escape thy sins? and Bringeth me mine armor and
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?
a change in . . . vs a change to . . . , any difference? Is there any difference between "a change in something" and "a change to something"? Is that like the former one is a more objective description while the latter one emphasizes the result of a ce
What is the etymology of golden boy? Scanning references from that time period, I found numerous mentions of Golden Boy, a commercially successful 1937 play by Clifford Odet (inspiration for the Coens' Barton Fink) This is also the earliest reference given by the OED as quoted by @Cerberus in his answer to the linked queston, On being golden
meaning - What connotation exactly does the word noddy have in . . . To any Briton born after about 1940, Noddy is Enid Blyton's simpleton hero, an odd little chap who muddles through by luck… not impossibly influenced by Dickens but clearly not vice versa So great is his - should that be her? - influence, it dwarfs what went before Still Randy Fink's Tom Noddy stands not alone but references, inter alia, My Lord Tomnoddy (Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–60