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- Is it ladle or laddle? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The author of a book I'm working on insists that a ladle, a serving spoon for soup or stew, is spelled laddle A quick Google search pulled results of ladle, but most shopping sites and Youtube vi
- Is the verb usage of ladle considered verbing?
1 From ladle to ladle, From verb to verb It was verbing verbification when it was verbed verbified The noun ladle was verbed to the verb ladle long time ago, as early as 1525 per OED1; thus, any use of the verb ladle after the first usage of the verb is not verbing verbification anymore
- How is the ending -le or -el determined? - English Language Usage . . .
Words that in Modern English are written ending with -le derive from words ending in -el, -el- or are related with such words candle Old English candel cattle Anglo-Norman catel ladle Old English hlædel paddle Low German paddeln rattle Low German ratelen The spelling of those words is changed, but the pronunciation was keep closer to the original related word
- meaning - What does He who sups with the devil should have a long . . .
I have brought you a ladle —Marlowe's Jew of Malta, III 4 Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil — [Shakespeare's] Comedy of Errors, IV 3 >This is a devil and no monster : I will leave him ; I have no long spoon — [Shakespeare's] Tempest, II 2
- What is the meaning of the idiom cats in the cradle?
I had forgotten that "cat's cradle" is the term commonly used to refer to a string figure game hobby often engaged in by children I'm guessing that it's a practice that's just about died out, what with board games and TV and Legos and computer games and iPhones I haven't seen anyone engage in the practice for probably 55 years
- errors - motherload – a common mistake or slang word? - English . . .
I am a bit unsure about how the word "motherload" should be seen – as a common mistake or slang word or both I've encountered the word the first time in a recent Guardian article, but to my surpri
- If my boat is sinking should I bale or bail the water out?
From various literary examples it appears that I should manually 'bail' out the water to keep afloat but the automated water removal system in my vessel is a 'baling pump' While there is this, I
- How does sinking lid work as a metaphor?
Now imagine a lid floating on the liquid That prevents you removing liquid with a ladle, cup, or siphon The lid represents the policy of not reducing the staff by redundancy or dismissal As the water level sinks (goes down) so does the floating lid The gradual loss is sometimes called 'natural wastage'
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