
Name for 'mmm' sound - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2015年10月13日 · The Mmmm syllable can be several syllables, with many conventional meanings, like MMM-mmm or mmm-MMM, which can respectively be 'no' and 'yes' in many contexts. It's described phonetically as a syllabic voiced bilabial nasal continuant; in IPA it's [ṃ] (Unicode 1643; UTF8 E1 89 83; Latin small letter M with dot below).
Status of "Mmm" or "Hmm" - Linguistics Stack Exchange
2018年7月10日 · I would like to know whether nasally produced sounds like "Mmmm" or "Hmmm" constitute verbal or non-verbal language. Essentially I am a language testing professional, operating within very narrowly defined boundaries of permissible interaction. In this case verbal interaction is forbidden, but body language is encouraged.
terminology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Hmmm. You and I must be from completely different groups then. It would be really interesting to actually audibly compare our "hmmmm (mmmm)s" for this case. Because as written I can't imagine ever being able to interpret a single-syllable hmmm as a "ok, I'm with ya" sound. –
How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?
2011年5月26日 · Edit: Another Wikipedia page:. The big Z. It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z.
numbers - What are the correct abbreviations for millions, billions …
I've found answers on the web but also got conflicting answers from financial professionals (coworkers). In metric, you'd use M (mega) for million, G (giga) for billion and T (tera) for trillion.
AM/PM vs a.m./p.m. vs am/pm - English Language & Usage Stack …
I used to think PM/AM was correct, but at some point, I switched to using p.m./a.m. for reasons I can't recall. I know that in practical, casual writing, people tend to use whatever form is most
meaning - How much mmmm should be in hmmmmmmm
hmmmmmmmmm, well, I think you should do as many mmmm's as the moment takes your fancy. One day might be 3 mmm's yet another day may well be 12. It's all depending upon the present moment. However long your finger wishes to press the mmmm key. I notice the m's seem to type slower on this page. This is unusual, I am wondering more about why this ...
What exactly is "I'mma?" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2013年10月10日 · In 2010, linguist Neal Whitman wrote it's the Prime Time for "Imma" commenting on its use in pop lyrics.. In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to.
Expression for when something "hits you", but in a positive way?
2016年10月21日 · It blew me away, perhaps.. Blow away - To astonish, delight, or thrill; to impress extremely, to overwhelm. (OED) ...
Is "my bad" a correct English phrase?
@ thesunneversets - mmmm, and "homeless", and "tempest-tost"? It looks to me like a list of six noun phrases. And what about "lonely are the brave"? "The wild and the innocent"? "The fast and the furious"? "Blessed are the meek"? "Afflict the comfortable"? "The quick and the dead"? "The naked and the dead"? "We the living"? "Fear of the unknown"?