2019年5月23日 · Sometime in the 1500s. "How to Pronounce 'Often'" There’s a \t\ in often, but how often do you hear it? As you might guess, the \t\ was pronounced in the past, when the …

2018年12月4日 · "For why" (also hyphenated or written as one word) meaning "why" as a direct interrogative was used in Old and Middle English (see the MED's entry), but it became …

Why are detectives/inspectors colloquially referred to as Gumshoes? Is it anything other that they would travel a lot in investigations and, presumably, wore hard-wearing shoes?

Why is Erdős' conjecture on arithmetic progressions not discussed much, and is there an active pathway to its resolution? Why are the download sizes so much bigger than they actually are? …

I'm afraid I have to disagree here. From my understanding, and a recent article in the Atlantic, derived from the new text Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern …

2014年12月27日 · Basically, Irish uses Latin letters just to confuse the foreigners. Just because it looks like an S, and just because you think you know how to pronounce an S because …

Because it's highly volatile and combustible--and therefore becomes gaseous easily.. edit: Contrary to the charge in the comments that this is "unsupported speculation," there are in fact …

2017年7月21日 · The rule says that if a singular noun ends in consonant + "o" then the plural form will be consonant + "oes". e.g. tomato => tomatoes. Then, why this rule does not apply to piano?

2020年2月2日 · Why those badges/T-shirts are made like that, I don't know -- that's a different question. It could be argued that another form, the -self form, should be included (e.g. himself, …

2019年6月29日 · Which is why it is probably used to scream blue (terrified) murder. William J. Scott in the Scott's monthly magazine, Volume 4, Issues 1-6 (1867) offers an explanation to …