“recce” — the reck which a reckless is lacking A question for these who vote to close this as general reference, can you point me to which general reference resource contains the answers to my questions (these asked below the quote), specifically about the old form, "recce", not modern "reck"? – SF
What does open recs means? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The sentence does border on marketing gibberish; a collection of buzz-words designed to pass as informed opinions The term "open recs" here would likely refer to open requirements, that is yet unfilled requests for material or employees Their spelling it recs rather than reqs is likely their using the word they heard rather than experience with the meaning
How does one get rekt? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote Upvoting indicates when questions and answers are useful What's reputation and how do I get it? Instead, you can save this post to reference later
Which is correct: rack my brain or wrack my brain? Which is the correct usage: "rack my brain" or "wrack my brain"? Google turned up pages with conflicting recommendations One argument is that to "rack a brain" comes
The wrought wreaked havoc misunderstanding The phrase wrought havoc is the past tense of work havoc In 1900, the two most common phrases were "wrought havoc" and "work havoc" So it's the phrases wreak havoc and wreaked havoc that were introduced because of the misunderstanding
pronunciation - Silent w in words starting with wr- - English . . . He pointed at wreck and asked me why that one looked like it said "wuh-reck " I explained that spelling is funny like that sometimes This didn't satisfy my curiosity though Silent w is not uncommon—we see it in the question word 'who' for instance—but it often appears in the combination wr-, and this is what I am curious about