2019年6月23日 · I don't think this explanation works. As Peter Shor says in on comment on the earlier question about spicket/spigot, we don't hear the same variation with most other words with ck or g: there aren't a bunch of people who think bigot sounds just like "bicket" (or bucket sound just like "bugget", or trigger sounds just like "tricker").

2023年4月13日 · Would you not like to claim kindredship with him in that, though in no other thing he is like, or likely, to you? Do you think that you would lose your reputation so? What you lost at the spile, you would gain at the bung. I have looked spile and bung in a dictionary, yet their meaning remains unclear to me in this sentence.

2015年3月14日 · I would swap (1) and (2), but otherwise the same. There are specializations: nozzles expel water under pressure, and therefore are attached to hoses. Tap has a secondary meaning from brewing and cooperage, and gets extended metaphorically for other fluids, like electricity. Spigot is part of the brewing/cooperage sense of tap; it's the tool that is used to tap …

The "g" sound and the "k" sound are quite similar. Try making them in your mouth and notice the similar position of your vocal apparatus. Merriam-Webster lists spicket as an alternate of spigot. Urban Dictionary also has an entry for it. If you don't like that people pronounce "spigot" as /spicket/, just pretend they are pronouncing "spicket."

2015年7月4日 · The water drawn from those 2.5 gallon containers having a spigot (and air hole) is called ‘bottled water’, but what should we call those large containers of water? It seems like “tank” or “tankard” are the best 2 choices.

2013年3月3日 · Between "spigot" and "faucet", the connotative distinction is outdoor-versus-indoor, and utilitarian-versus-decorative; thus a spigot is an outdoor tap such as the bibcock (sillcock, hose bibb) for a garden hose, whereas a faucet is an indoor tap such as on the kitchen sink, bathroom sink, or bathtub, which usually include decorative features ...

Before that, kiste is a general Greek term for container that develops eventually in to English chest. And before that it was PIE kista, meaning woven container. I haven't found a dictionary that denotes a small container with a spigot as a cistern, but perhaps you are aware of some remote dialectical anomaly that escapes my notice.

2012年7月6日 · First of all, It's usually "I've got it". But that's just nit-picking. Native English speakers usually use either interchangeably to mean the same thing, that is, they understand now. There doesn't seem to be a difference in meaning or usage due to the different verb tense. They also sometimes add "now": "I've got it now" or "I get it now".

The meaning depends on the context. In (at least American) slang, saying "I got you" means either "I get what you're saying" or "I've got your back". In child games of tag, saying "I got you!" means that you caught someone.

2016年12月20日 · Is the expression coming down the pike or coming down the pipe? I’ve always used pike, but I’ve heard a few people use pipe recently. I can see how both could make sense, but which is correct?