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  1. etymology - The origin of the derogatory usage of Guido - English ...

    Guido: is a slang term, often derogatory, for a working-class urban Italian American. The guido stereotype is multi-faceted. Originally, it was used as a demeaning term for Italian Americans in ge...

  2. etymology - Origin/reason for the "hit by a bus" phrase - English ...

    Oct 12, 2011 · They wanted to know if Python would survive if Guido disappeared. This is an important issue for businesses that may be considering the use of Python in a product. "Guido" is Guido van …

  3. What does "writing of a new patron" mean? - English Language

    Aug 3, 2022 · Finding a patron is clearly a good and advantageous thing ("will turn out well") but Machiavelli advises Guido to benefit from patronage by studying, or to study so as to merit and …

  4. "As a mean (s?) for" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 31, 2019 · What's more correct, the plural or singular use of "mean" in the following phrases: As a means for As a mean for My intuition is the singular, the second one, since we have a singular "a" …

  5. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 25, 2023 · In Spanish, we have different names for the different types of periods: If the period is inside a paragraph, it's called punto seguido. If the period ends a paragraph, it's called punto y …

  6. etymology - On the origins of the use of "key" or "clavis" to refer to ...

    Oct 20, 2023 · Probably this is based on a translation of Latin clavis "key," used by Guido for "lowest tone of a scale," or French clef (see clef; also see keynote). Sense of "mechanism on a musical …

  7. prepositions - Which to use: 'from...to' or 'between..and' - English ...

    Aug 1, 2018 · Yes to both. Sharks take between seven and twenty years to mature. Sharks take from seven to twenty years to mature. The Oxford Learner's Dictionary gives the following examples for …

  8. “kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha ...

    In linguistics, is there a term describing this phenomenon, i.e., when the syllables of two words are slurred together in the spoken language? They are not contractions. While contractions are

  9. Capitalize fields of study? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 5, 2010 · It depends. If you are referring to the title of a course or a major field of study, in a formal sense, then capitalize it. I took Computer Science 101, which was a survey course. Otherwise, just …

  10. usage of "only ever" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 24, 2016 · It only ever seemed like a perfectly natural usage to me (I'm sure I've been using it freely for half a century or more, here in the UK). So I was a bit surprised to find that my NGram suggests …