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- Whats the origin of the saying know your onions?
The phrase 'to know one's onion(s)' first appeared in print at least as early as 1891 Given its historical linguistic context, the 'source' of the phrase may be construed as the independent adoption of a generalized idiomatic response to the equally idiomatic and earlier-evidenced declaration that someone 'does not know the difference between an onion and [another object, commonly another
- Does the letter i serve as a consonant in words like onion and view?
Yes, probably, because Hebrew uses the character Y as a consonant for this phoneme, so onion, view and Daniel may be are Hebrew, and California would count as well The term 'glide' has emerged most likely in the absence of an understanding of the Hebrew source
- Onion vs onions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
But using 'the price of onion' isn't wrong It just makes it sound like they're referring to the general concept of the crop or substance Think of it as a noun modifier 'the onion price' (as the Saxon genitive) and converting that to the Latin one, 'the price of onion'
- etymology - Origins of the term funny onion - English Language . . .
Googling "funny 'un" brings up a bunch of references to the 'face like a Spanish pickled onion' song My xxxx's is a funny'un He's got a nose like a pickled onion He's got a face like a squashed tomato And eyes like green peas We'll have some for tea or Old xxxx's a funny un With a face like a Spanish onion And the hairs on her *dikidido
- word choice - When to use singular or plural of nouns - English . . .
Typically we refer to a chopped or diced onion as "onions" when it is added as an ingredient For example, when ordering a burger I would say, "I'd like a burger with no onions " All of the above is just my opinion based on the usage that I commonly hear in the Northeast United States
- word choice - How do you describe the taste of an onion? - English . . .
Chilies and pepper do bite your tongue, but Onion, Garlic or Mustard kicks your nose and gives a burning sensation to your eyes Onion mostly is a sugary for tongue and caramelize the food you add in A taste maker of different kind
- Strange Omission of to be in The Onion Headlines
The Onion is a satire site One of the things they satirize is journalistic style, including headlinese that would probably not appear in a real publication, but are instantly recognizable as such One of the things they satirize is journalistic style, including headlinese that would probably not appear in a real publication, but are instantly
- Word for one who does not eat onions
@eeerahul, I'd say that 99 99 percent of people in western countries are subjected to onion and garlic cooked foods from birth, so there is no exact single word in English for non-onion garlic eaters As in Hindi and Sanskrit we have word like jain food , satvik , bhojan etc because these types of food habits are found only in Asian countries
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