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Bookmark or Share- A/an European expert was invited to speak to the committee.In general, H's and U's will be the letters you need to think more about about. (As you see in European, those are not the ONLY letters.) hour -i s "ow-er" so it starts with a vowel sound. An hour. humble - starts with the H sound. A humble visitor. umbrella starts with the "uh" sound - vowel - an umbrella.
- "Washroom", "restroom", "bathroom", "lavatory", "toilet" or "toilet room"A euphemism in Britain (and some European countries) was water closet, nowadays abbreviated to W.C. Taken literally it implies no more than a small room provided with a supply of water - nothing offensive there. Popularity. The British National Corpus provides these counts. toilet 1540 lavatory 546 WC 227 W.C. 13 Progression
- Why is "pineapple" in English but "ananas" in all other languages?When European explorers discovered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called them "pineapples" (first so referenced in 1664 due to resemblance to what is now known as the pine cone).[7][8] In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning "excellent fruit",[9] as ...
- Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English)According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, it comes from "fag", meaning a loose piece of cloth:. fag (n.1) Look up fag at Dictionary.com British slang for "cigarette" (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag "loose piece, last remnant of cloth" (late 14c., as in fag-end "extreme end, loose piece," 1610s), which perhaps is related to fag (v.), which ...
- First floor vs ground floor, usage origin - English Language & Usage ...@Mari-LouA India and most of Asia (perhaps not China and Japan) use the European system, as do most former British administered countries such as those who drive on the left. Australia has tried to be clever and abandoned the word floor. They talk about Level 1 (ground), Level 2 (First floor) etc.
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