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- Why is it the day is young, not still early? What is the history of . . .
"The day is young" corresponds to "the hour is early" or better still simply "it is early" To me "the day is early" would be slightly unusual, but might suggest the early part of a longer period, such as a month or year
- history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . .
In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today" When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it contained two
- Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix?
That is why feminists, for example, rejected the word history and championed the notion of herstory during the 1970s, says Dictionary com’s Jane Solomon, “to point out the fact that history has mostly come from a male perspective ” The “his” in history has nothing, linguistically, to do with the pronoun referring to a male person
- etymology - Is holiday derived from holy day? - English Language . . .
Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book Ancrene Riwle
- 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour. . . But how to say zero-th hour?
The case you gave is interesting, where it is an exception to the schedule for one day to have an additional hour before the hour labeled 'first' To call it 'zeroth' hour would be strange (perfectly recognizable and used by any math geek, but there it is) But then what is the hour that comes before that?
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc , and which p
- What is the origin of the phrase Top of the morning to you?
Here "the top of the morning" again means "the beginning of the day"—although it is not clear from the context whether this is synonymous with "dawn" or some other marker of the earliest hour of the day
- history - What is the origin of the phrase, Put two and two together . . .
the other day and, shortly after saying, wondered about its origin My understanding is that it means to "connect the dots" or to figure the answer to a question, but I'm uncertain why "put two and two together" became a synonym
- What is the origin of the phrase gathering wool?
It is a very old saying, that dates back at least to the 16th century: Woolgathering: 1550s, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the literal meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc " (see wool + gather) (Dictionary com) Earlest known usages: The earliest known use of the phrase in the sense to indulge in purposeless thinking is in The
- What does the phrase “it’s like Groundhog Day every day” mean, and . . .
“It’s like Groundhog Day every day,” Jamison admitted of their epic losing streak What does this mean? Yes, I’ve read up on and know what Groundhog Day literally is: a holiday that celebrates a quaint folk tradition of determining the seasons
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