However, different sororities cater to different types of women. African-American Sororities. National Panhellenic Conference Members. Religious Sororities. Academic Sororities. What are the 4 Greek councils? Four Greek councils Interfraternity Council. FRATERNITIES. The Interfraternity Council is comprised of 26 fraternity chapters on campus. Panhellenic Association. SORORITIES. Multi-Cultural Greek Council. SORORITIES AND […]
In linguistics, mama and papa are considered a special case of false cognates. In many languages of the world, sequences of sounds similar to /mama/ and /papa/ mean “mother” and “father”, usually but not always in that order. This is thought to be a coincidence resulting from the process of […]
Since there was only one, ‘the’ was unnecessary, so ‘in hospital”(when someone was ill) and ‘at hospital” when someone was working, meeting or visiting there. “ Originally Answered: Why do Brits say “in hospital” rather than “in *the* hospital?”? “In hospital” means being there as an in-patient. Why do British […]
It isn’t universal. In Indo-European languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Hindi, etc – basically every language on the European landmass not including China and some of India/middle east) ‘no’ and ‘yes’ words derive from fundamentally the same sources (or a few prime sources). Why do so many […]
This usage is/was common in parts of England, mainly northern England as far as I’m aware. The “our” is effectively referring to ‘our family’. In the examples given from Keeping Up Appearences, the words are usually being spoken by Rose’s mother or father, and hence “our Rose” would refer to […]
‘Huh,’ does the job. The particular vowels that ‘huh? ‘ is restricted to in all languages happen to be the vowels that are most easily pronounced when a person’s tongue is in a relaxed position.” It’s the fact that it’s easy to eek out that makes it so useful, and […]
It rarely appears in good quality London printing after 1800, though it lingers provincially until 1824, and is found in handwriting into the second half of the nineteenth century” being sometimes seen later on in archaic or traditionalist printing such as printed collections of sermons. Why was f used instead […]
Here are the 12 weirdest words in English: Gerrymandering. Fungus. Aa. Queue. Vex. Bequeath. Mixology. Flub. Test your English in minutes. Learn more. What is a word that nobody knows? Here are 10 weird and wonderful words that you never knew existed. Balter. Definition: Dancing clumsily without any particular grace […]
Definition of AA (Entry 4 of 4) 1 administrative assistant. 2 Alcoholics Anonymous. Is aa valid word in scrabble? Yes, aa is in the scrabble dictionary. What type of word is AA? Aa is a noun – Word Type. Is AA an English word? 1Alcoholics Anonymous. 2Antiaircraft. 3Administrative assistant. 4Associate […]
It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Where did the French come from? The modern French are the descendants of mixtures including Romans, Celts, Iberians, Ligurians and […]
Bloody. Don’t worry, it’s not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it […]
It was indecent, of course, but people only used it for the sexual act itself. What swear words were used in the 1800’s? Balls – shortened from ballocks. Bootlicker – same as ass-licker. Cherry – vulgar term for a young woman. Quim – female genitalia. Strumpet – a whore. Blazes […]
The 20 Least-Known Words In English genipap. futhorc. witenagemot. gossypol. chaulmoogra. brummagem. alsike. chersonese. What is the most uncommon word? The 15 most unusual words you’ll ever find in English Nudiustertian. Quire. Yarborough. Tittynope. Winklepicker. Ulotrichous. Kakorrhaphiophobia. If you suffer from this, then you would very much rather not have […]
On March 23, 1839, the initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll korrect,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans. Is OK short for Okay? It’s actually […]
“Like” is one of the most abused words in the English language. It’s so versatile and can be used in almost any sentence. The word was first popularized by the Beatniks in the 1950s as a sign of being cool. The word only reached mainstream popularity in the 1980s after […]