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- Can mongrel be used to refer to people? - English Language Usage . . .
As @Green Grasso Holm said in her answer, mongrel can be used for a person But, as many others commented, it is an extremely offensive term when applied to a person
- meaning - What does an eater of broken meats mean from this . . .
In the clip below from King Lear, what does quot;an eater of broken meats quot; mean, what does he mean by that I know it is derogatory and is most likely meant to refer to an awful person Liter
- What makes the spelling of psychedelic a mongrel spelling?
According to this Wikipedia article, Richard Evans Schultes thought that psychedelic was a mongrel spelling of the word The other option was phanerothyme Apparently, they are both constructed from
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Actually, in the US "mongrel" has more the meaning of a mixed-breed dog, while "mutt" is simply an unimpressive dog
- Use of the word tongue to refer to a specific language
Here's someone in 2011 calling English a "mongrel tongue", and you can find lots of "common tongue", "shared tongue", etc There's something a bit poetic, twee, or old-fashioned about "tongue" compared to "language", but it's still used
- Why isnt the word white capitalized when referring to the race?
You appear to refer to a recent trend which sees the term Black capitalized when referring to people or race So why not White accordingly That’s a POB issue at best
- Why does the suffix monger persist only for certain trades?
The negative connotation probably is magnified through psychological pairing with mongrel The mind is a funny thing that way
- Rule for the pronunciation of the letter O as ʌ vs. ɒ
I don't know of any useful rule for when O is pronounced as ʌ There aren't that many words where O in a stressed syllable is pronounced as ʌ , so I think it's most practical to just memorize the pronunciation of each word with this spelling pattern using some method like flashcards Masha Bell's "Improving English spelling" blog gives the following list of words: The main alternative
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