Description : Is "borrowing" the most appropriate term when used to subtract one number from another?
Last Answer : When I was younger, the term “carry” was used. For me, borrow sounds a bit odd.
Description : In compression ignition engines, swirl denotes a. Haphazard motion of the gases in the cylinder b. Rotary motion of the gases in the cylinder. c. Radial motion of the gases in the cylinder. d. None of the above
Last Answer : ANSWER a. Haphazard motion of the gases in the chamber
Description : Pride - When is it appropriate?
Last Answer : I feel pride for someone when they can do something that I am not able to do. Like swim the English Channel, climb Mt. Everest or feed the hungry like Mother Theresa.
Description : Why does the search term disappear and check mark come back just because you change the language?
Last Answer : answer:Servers generally only operate effectively with 1 language per user at the same time. It makes the code easier. Although you may just have invented a really cool website! I wouldn't try to ... pain. Anyway, in answer to your question Never question a geeks coding format. Just walk away.
Description : Is the "half full or half empty" glass illustration still effective, despite overuse?
Last Answer : Yes. However the true realist says that there is half a glass remaining.
Description : Do you say pop or soda? Lightening bug or fire fly? Half an hour or half hour? Jimmies or sprinkles?
Last Answer : Canadian piping in here; pop, fireflies, either half an hour or half hour, sprinkles.
Description : Care to share a non-American's mispronunciation or perversion of an American city name?
Last Answer : Massenchutius for Massachusetts. Miss is ippi Mississippi. Gnome for nome Alaska .
Description : Care to share an American mispronunciation or perversion of a foreign city name?
Last Answer : answer:Here in Atlanta, there are a couple: A town named Dacula. People tend to say Dack-yu-lah (sort of like Dracula without the R). The proper pronunciation is more like duh-KEW-la , withe the ... GA is not pronounced like the capital of Egypt. Here it is pronounce kay-ro , like the corn syrup.
Description : Why do people say "I could care less" when they seem to be expressing the exact opposite, that they couldn't care less?
Last Answer : I think it’s gotten warped over the years, much like some people saying/typing “of” instead of “have” (“I should of gone to school.”) As soon as you point it out, people see that it’s incorrect, but by that time it’s become such an ingrained habit that it’s hard to break.
Description : Do you like any songs in a foreign language you don't understand (care to name some)?
Last Answer : I don’t hear many to know if I like them or not, but normally I like knowing what they’re saying. (Plus airow )
Description : How would you describe pain?
Last Answer : Double plus ungood.
Description : Can you describe your accent?
Last Answer : I am South African and we have a thing with vowels.So all our vowels drag on for what seems like ages! So I might say: h OOw AAAAAre UUUUU tOOOOd AAAAy. loll or something like that. Plus they make twangy dragging sounds AAAAgh!
Description : Is there a term for the act of changing the spelling of a word, to force it to rhyme with another?
Last Answer : Oh loli! It’s prolly…Neoligism.
Description : Should a patient be relieved about the medical term ''grossly unremarkable''? See detail.
Last Answer : Yes, particularly when we’re older. I got a summary of “regular guy” from my MD once. I was mostly relieved, but slightly disappointed. I don’t think I’ll ever live up to my pediatrician’s comment to my mom once that he didn’t think he’d seen such a healthy child before.
Description : What term other than "the faithful" would you suggest to refer to people who belong to some religion or participate in a religious event?
Last Answer : Members of religious denominations.
Description : In the interest of sophistication should we avoid glorifying the term 'Fake News'?
Last Answer : Sophistication aside, media/free press is one of the most important parts of a healthy/functioning democracy. Invalidating the media is a tactic of a dictatorship. I would add that very few things ... . Similarly, you use small easy words for Trump supporters, and speak slowly with frequent pauses
Description : When do you use the term tab and when do you use the word link ?
Last Answer : Tab has 2 meanings. It is the typewriter command to advance forward on a form or on a piece of paper. It is also the name for a page in an internet browser. Right now, I have 2 tabs open in my internet ... I can click on and go to another page of the internet. A link is also a place to play golf.
Description : In your opinion, is the term "chinaman" extremely offensive?
Last Answer : answer:I'm not Chinese, but to me, it rings about the same level of archaic and offensive as Negro. It's a term from another era. If used for a Chinese-American, it is racist in the ... who look like they might be descended from anywhere in East Asia. Oriental is used along the same lines.
Description : What is a grammatically correct term for "ya'll"?
Last Answer : y’all
Description : Where did the term "batshit crazy" and its' various derivations come from?
Last Answer : Think it came from “bats in the belfry”.
Description : When Americans use the term 'world famous' what exactly does this mean?
Last Answer : answer:I interpret the term as meaning as one of the must see places if you visit a city/country. In Seattle Pike Place and the Space Needle are the two must visit places. Same as The Empire State ... NYC and the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Opera house in Sydney. And Pike Place is really awesome.
Description : When did the term hoodie get popular, and do you use it?
Last Answer : Yeah.. It has been used by my friends and I since high school. So that would at least put it in the late 90’s.
Description : How did the term "panhandler" come to be?
Last Answer : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panhandling
Description : What would be the female and/or gender-neutral equivalents of the term 'ballsy' when applied to, apparently, brave things people do?
Last Answer : Ovarian? Genitacular?
Description : What's another term for helicopter parenting?
Last Answer : hovering?
Description : Do you ever find the term `dude' mildly insulting?
Last Answer : No, dude and bro’ are as interchangeable as babe and sweetheart to me. They’re all just terms of affection/friendship.
Description : What is the term for 'of or relating to goats'?
Last Answer : NO idea, but ursine = bear, taurine = bull, vulpine= fox, ovine = sheep; if logic followed, which it doesn't, word would be caprine. Latin for goat is caper, I think.
Description : What does the latin term "amor mundus" mean?
Last Answer : Love the world
Description : When something "puts you off", it is "off-putting". Is it then not logical to say, that when something "pisses you off", it is "off-pissing"?
Last Answer : Only in pun logic. Put off is an expression meaning to delay. Off-putting is an expression meaning unlikable. Are there truly any actual, always applicant rules in language? - Not many. Is ... get passing grades. Would it not be better to just teach them all Plankalkül? - It would not.
Description : What is the figure of speech of "something being recorded on a potato", referring to video of low quality, derived from?
Last Answer : My first thought was that it must derive from the same source as small potatoes , i.e. referring to something of low value (because it is a cheap staple food). Wiktionary supports this theory (see ... from the fact that a toaster is an electronic device, but much lower tech than a phone or camera.
Description : How can you say something is applicable to daily life?
Last Answer : You can’t always. The only defense is that it never hurts to have extra knowledge.
Description : When explaining something to a child, do you pay attention to your use of language?
Last Answer : That speech obviously went over the 2 year old's head. But one of the great joys in dealing with little kids is to watch them riddle and sort the input flooding in. Yesterday it was my turn to drive ... you can bet that they will catch up with you and quickly. And that is exactly what you both want.
Description : Vocab: word that means to acknowledge something, also giving life to it?
Last Answer : “Affirm” is close to what you’re looking for. Affirm and acknowledge are both synonymous with accept — to believe the realness of something. Affirm also suggests the truth of a thing.
Description : What is something you say/do when you are lost for words, speechless, dumbstruck?
Last Answer : “Uhhhhhhhhh….........”.
Description : Why do people who misunderstand what you say for something absurd; then decide it is a good idea to discuss how crazy what they thought you had said was?
Last Answer : I’m sure McKenna had to deal with that all the time.
Description : What indigenous languages are spoken around where you live? Can you give us something from that language?
Last Answer : In Kakadu National Park where I live which covers an area of 4894000 acres, very little of which is inhabited, there are 6 languages spoken by a population of approximately 500 indigenous people. The languages ... still look upon english as their 2nd language. I am not sure if that is a good thing.
Description : I need to translate something from Haitian Creole to english can you help?
Last Answer : THIS IS IT : Bill se Casseus Claudel zanmi ou ki Ayiti a.Mwen ekri ou mesaj sa,jis pou mwen fè ou konnen ke mwen fè E-Mail la.Ou se yon moun ki konte pou mwen anpil nan lavi'm.Mwen konsidere ou tankou ... ou fos ak kouraj nan tout sa ou ap fè.Paske ou se yon bon moun,ke bon Dieu beni ou bye bye .
Description : Can someone please explain the origins and syntax of using "something fierce" at the end of a phrase?
Last Answer : To want something very badly.
Description : Have you ever had someone teach you something you never expected?
Last Answer : Many times. Almost everyday I learn a number of new things – often from the most unexpected sources. Not often curse words though, I have inquire about them.
Description : In the context of looking at something, is "gander" a verb or a noun? Or both?
Last Answer : answer:Verb it is. From World Wide Words A quick, er, gander at the word's history is illuminating. It seems the verb to gander in this sense is actually American in origin, something I find more than ... : Gander, to stretch or rubber your neck . It is claimed that it comes from thieves' slang.
Description : In this age of super specialisation, industrial engineers are in demand because they are the only ones who can see the big picture. (1) realistic view of something (2) complete view of something (3) narrow view of something (4) accurate view of something
Last Answer : (2) complete view of something
Description : Where you live, do you hear (or use) the phrase "If you don't like the weather here, just wait a while"?
Last Answer : answer:I'm not quite sure what the meaning is. Like, You think this weather is bad? Wait until Summer/Winter. or You think it's hot now. Just wait until August. ? I live in South Carolina. ... the ground, people freak out and forget how to drive, and life is awful until it melts 24 hours later.
Description : Do you ever type or write a word and it just looks wrong to you?
Last Answer : I have this happen all the time. It's especially weird when it's a simple word I spell all the time. The last time it happened to me, it was the word warranty -My brain thought it should ... looked wrong and the bad spelling looked correct. It was driving me crazy. Heck it STILL looks wrong to me.
Description : Have you heard or seen the tag line "just sayin"?
Last Answer : I think it means that I’m stating my opinion and you may not agree, but “I’m just sayin”.
Description : Have you ever just changed your persona in a day? (See Details Inside)
Last Answer : When I worked a stint at an affirmative action agency I had to talk baby talk or risk offending most everyone there. The mgmt had a moment of weakness…hiring me. As in, they were in a pickle and needed someone who knew how to work. Or wasn’t afraid of doing it.
Description : I'm Canadian and I am dating a woman from the States (we've been together 3 years). I am just now able to pick up the Canadian accent from other Canucks. Why now?
Last Answer : answer:You tell me, eh? Truth is – it’s not that distinctive in the more metro areas. I haven’t heard a real ABOOT unless it was way out in rural Ontario. The Canuck equivalent to rednecks, lol. Cold enough fer ya? That’s pretty Canadian, eh? And don’t get me started on the tabernac Franglais.
Description : Isn't it funny how some phrases just seem right in a particular language?
Last Answer : answer:Not in writing, but I really like to say Eso si que es . Mostly because anyone who doesn't know what I'm saying looks at me funny and says Socks? Also, I have no idea how to spell it ... Mox me nix sous . My grandmother said it all the time, and said it means Makes me no difference .
Description : In sparking a new catch phrase, is this just a coincidence, or yet another example of the Hundred Monkey Phenomenon?
Last Answer : I don’t think it’s a coincidence or even 100th monkey. Nowadays the great shortener seems to be just that, the most convenient first syllables. But, speaking as an O-Wo I’ll let you guess which one :-P I kinda like it!
Description : Don't you think that if you live in a country you should speak the language just a little bit ?
Last Answer : answer:It would probably be useful, but if you find that you can get on without it, that’s fine… Perhaps a leading question but… are you talking about a particular country?
Description : Don't you just hate some new made-up words?
Last Answer : Yes. “Unfriended” makes me want to vomit.