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Bookmark or Share- South African Slang "Nu" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeSouth African INFORMAL An insect, spider, worm, or similar small creature: the box gives protection against worms and other nunus. from Zulu inunu 'horrible object or animal' And here's someone who knows that, commenting on the usage as an informal/affectionate term...
- adjectives - East Coast, East coast, or east coast? - English Language ...I think your second two examples could have gone either way. Convention plays a big part. In the UK we talk about 'the south coast', but rarely capitalise it, similarly with the 'west country'. Yet the West Midlands is to all intents a proper noun and always capitalised, as is East Anglia.
- How do you form the 'north' and 'south' versions of 'occident' and ...auster "south wind," late 14c., from L. auster "the south wind; the south country" (see Australia). However, the noun form of boreal, is only the Latin for north wind, boreas, or the name of the Greek god of the north wind, Boreas.
- etymology - Origin of the idiom "go south" - English Language & Usage ...go south (also head south, take a turn south) 1 v phr by 1940s To disappear; fail by or as if by vanishing [examples omitted] 2 v phr by 1925 To abscond with money loot, etc. [examples omitted] 3 v phr underworld by 1950 To cheat, esp to cheat at cards [examples omitted] 4 v phr by 1980s To lessen; diminish [examples omitted] Probably from the ...
- "Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?Whether it takes place at noon or in the evening is mostly a cultural thing. For instance, many people who grew up in the American South and/or on farms traditionally ate larger meals at noontime to give them the strength to keep working through the afternoon. Supper is more specifically a lighter evening meal. Rooted in the word "to sup", it ...
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