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- pronunciation - Rules to pronounce cha- words - English Language . . .
I am puzzled on how to pronounce cha-words For example, I know that "chameleon" or "chamomile" are pronounced with a hard "c" like in "camel", not with a soft "c" like in "change" "Charity", on the other hand, is pronounced as in "change" Is there some rule to infer the correct pronunciation?
- contractions - Are what-cha and arent-cha examples of elision . . .
It's not limited to children Many adults, especially those in accent-heavy regions, also do it It's rectified by gentle and consistent correction and re-annunciation from the corrector However, with aren't-cha and what-cha, I don't know that it's necessary, so long as they know the proper way to say it and aren't writing the words out like that
- What does gotcha mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Gotcha actually has several meanings All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely "[I have] got you"
- Why do some people write text all in lower case?
Typing in only lower case (whether on desktop or mobile) is simply faster Contra the other answers, this is NOT just a "young" person "cool" "slang" thing;
- Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US?
Both "w " and "w o" were common U S abbreviations in correspondence, and in tight spots on data tables, until recently
- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
BCE CE usually refers to the Common Era (the years are the same as AD BC) That is, BC is usually understood to mean "Before the Common Era" and CE to mean "Common Era," though it is possible to reinterpret the abbreviations as "Christian Era "
- meaning - Changes in , Changes of or Changes to - English . . .
Here are the implications as per my understanding: Changes in wetland hydrological and landscape variables can alter the population dynamics of waterbirds
- etymology - Origin of the phrases “third time’s the charm” and “third . . .
I think the origin of these phrases is from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1602: As for which came first, lucky or charm, I found the charm variation earlier and not of American origin as The Phrase Finder has, but British
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