British usage of “cha”, “char” or “chai” to mean “tea” By happenstance, I stumbled upon the words cha, char and chai in the dictionary today, all defined as meaning tea in informal British English I lived and worked in London for some time, but never
I appreciate cha - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I, having lived most of my life in the American South, have heard this expression a lot (though I would tend to spell and pronounce it "'preciate 'cha" I e "Preeshee-a-chuh") Having also lived in other regions, though, I'm well aware that it's as peculiar to Southerners as "y'all " Idk the etymological details of the idiom, I think it's very typical of southern warmth and friendliness It
What is a word called that consists of a repetition of one word? What is a word called that consists of a repetition of one word? I came across the word polypoly in one of the other question asked on the site, and it got me thinking whether there are other English
What does gotcha mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Gotcha actually has several meanings All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you" Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, obtained", it means "I've caught you" As in, you were falling, and I caught you, or you were running, and I grabbed you It's a short step from the benign type of caught to the red-handed type of caught
What’s a non-vulgar alternative for “covering one’s Oxford Dictionaries Online writes in their U S section that the phase cover one’s ass is an informal phrase meaning: Foresee and avoid the possibility of attack or criticism ‘I like to
meaning - Changes in , Changes of or Changes to - English . . . I am confused about the selection of in, of or to I want to explain that "changes in hydrological variables and changes in landscape variables in wetlands can change the populations of waterbirds"
What is the name of the sound that a coin makes when hitting coins . . . This can usually be called clink A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal It should be noted though that it isn't just limited to coins and, as such, can be used for multiple purposes However, for what you describe, it could possibly be one of the better words For what it's worth, there's a sound-effect by the title clink of coins
Is the word wotcher British slang? What does it mean? EDIT: The MSN Encarta dictionary and freedictionary com support Martha's second theory that wotcher is contraction of "what cheer" It is a slang (U K ) that means the same as hello It should be noted that it is not clear whether the slang is still in use anywhere in the U K