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- Napkin vs. tissue - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 While the words 'tissue' and 'napkin' aren't exclusive, in that 'tissue' refers to the quality of the paper whereas 'napkin' refers to the purpose, in coloquial conversation a 'tissue' will typically refer to a facial tissue, used for blowing one's nose
- Is there a word for the towel on a waiters arm?
Napkin is the correct term: what about that waiter who carries a napkin draped over one arm? In part, it’s practicality It’s readily available to mop up any accidental spills or other messes at your table But the practice dates back a couple of hundred years in France; that was how waiters carried the napkins they would distribute to diners Napkins have been in use for thousands of
- Does the word, ‘napkin’ have a metaphoric or symbolic meaning other . . .
Does the word, “napkin” have any specific metaphoric or symbolic meaning other than “a small square piece of cloth or paper, used while you are eating to protect your clothes or to clean your mouth or fingers” defined by Cambridge English Dictionary? Is “Expert on the napkin” a word on everybody’s lips?
- What is a more professional term for the back-of-the-envelope . . .
Simple? Please include an example phrase where the term would be used "Back-of-the-envelope" is a perfectly good expression The reason I wouldn't use it in a peer-reviewed paper isn't because its register isn't "professional" enough but because such calculations have no business being reported in a journal
- punctuation - Standard format for phone numbers? - English Language . . .
Unfortunately, I don't know the local national conventions (for business cards, letterhead, correspondence, scrawling your number on a napkin at a bar, etc ) in any country but the US
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is there one word (or phrase) to describe all forms of disposable cutlery etc, such as paper cups, paper napkins, paper plastic spoons and forks, plates, etc ? I thought of disposable cutlery its
- U vs. Non-U words in contemporary British English
Having traveled extensively in England in the 70s and early 80s, I became aware of U and Non-U as a copy of the book was typically in the WC of a private house for ready reference And I learned that "serviette" which had been considered U as "napkin" was too close to nappy for comfort, was fading and nappies could actually be called diapers I learned from a particularly language-conscious
- grammaticality - Is it a user or an user? - English Language . . .
It's a because the first sound of user is not a vowel, but the consonant j ‘Vowel’ and ‘consonant’ describe letters that represent vowel and consonant sounds, but they also describe the sounds themselves A vowel is a sound made from the throat without interruption by the other vocal organs A consonant is a sound blocked or restricted by audible friction The initial sound of
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