How did “acker” come to mean friend in West Country English? Wiktionary nickname from the Somerset slang for quot;friend quot; or quot;mate quot;, e g Acker Bilk Other dictionaries don't seem to even mention it, let along talk about its etymology How d
Where does the word jacked come from? (sports) According to the neologism database from The Rice University: Jacked: Etymology : Comes from the Modern English verb "jack", as in to "hoist,raise" In the late 1990's, the suffix "-ed" was added to the end of the word and it became an adjective to describe massive amounts of strength According to Green’s Dictionary of Slang it is from US campus slang: Jacked (US campus) muscular, well
etymology - Why did English borrow the French word rendezvous with . . . Wiktionary has: << ron-day-voo: Eye dialect spelling of rendezvous [noun and verb] >> So 'Why did English borrow the French word "rendezvous" with its original spelling and silent letters, while many French loanwords are anglicized?' perhaps needs tweaking The etymology of this and related loanwords since their appearance in the English lexicon, and what precisely is meant by 'English' in
Why is t sometimes pronounced like d in American English? First two questions: The pronunciation of some American English consonants can be quite different from British English, in particular for R and T A t in the middle of a word can be pronunced as a soft d in American English (think of bottle, cattle, etc ) See here, for example, for examples of this Third question: Why it does happen for Italy and not for Italian is clearly a matter of stress
The meaning and the origins of everythings gone pear-shaped. I've recently heard this phrase spoken twice on a British television show, and I assume it means something along the lines of, "everything's fallen apart," generally meaning, things are bad right n
A word meaning to remember emotionally or sadly? I can't think of a specific word for remember sadly in general Thinking of a death or other traumatic event in the past is mourning or lamenting If remembering a missed opportunity or a mistake made in the past then you are regretting it Other than those specific cases then I would say remember sadly or recall sadly References: Google dictionary service
Changes in English names of people Why is Robert called Bob and John called Jack sometimes? What is the history of or reason for this practice in changing the English names of people?