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- etymology - The origin of the derogatory usage of Guido - English . . .
Guido: is a slang term, often derogatory, for a working-class urban Italian American The guido stereotype is multi-faceted Originally, it was used as a demeaning term for Italian Americans in ge
- phrase meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Finding a patron is clearly a good and advantageous thing ("will turn out well") but Machiavelli advises Guido to benefit from patronage by studying, or to study so as to merit and benefit from patronage
- Guide for or guide of [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I am struggling with the correct preposition going after guide Which sentence is correct? "that dog served as a guide for blind people" or "that dog served as a guide of blind people"
- etymology - Origin reason for the hit by a bus phrase - English . . .
They wanted to know if Python would survive if Guido disappeared This is an important issue for businesses that may be considering the use of Python in a product "Guido" is Guido van Rossum, the inventor and still leader of Python language development Note that "bus" here is presented as one of a number of possible tragic scenarios
- at line vs in line - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: Which preposition in front of “line” — “on”, “in”, “at”? Given a numbered list of lines of text (in my case an algorithm), sh
- Why are blueish and bluish both considered correct spellings?
I prefer blueish because both variants are so uncommon that it's best to keep the "blue" obvious Perhaps some might think that bluish is a non-English, one-syllable word pronounced "blweesh" like the beginning of "Guido " Roses are red Violets are blueish If it wasn't for Jesus, The pope might be Jewish
- Who coined the term Benevolent Dictator? - English Language Usage . . .
I find much discussion on the concept of the term, even attributing a variation (benevolent dictator for life) to computer scientists: The phrase originated in 1995 with reference to Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language
- etymology - On the origins of the use of key or clavis to refer to . . .
Etymonline says this about the musical sense of key: "The musical sense originally was "tone, note" (mid-15c ) In music theory, the sense developed 17c to "sum of the melodic and harmonic relationships in the tones of a scale," also "melodic and harmonic relationships centering on a given tone " Probably this is based on a translation of Latin clavis "key," used by Guido for "lowest tone of
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