"BEST BEFORE" SAYS "11 MA 23"; IS IT MAY OR MARCH?
Apr 18, 2011 I bought a bottle of juice today, and the "Best Before" date it's "11 MA 23". I always see "MA" as for March, but the store staff said that was May. What is your opinion? From english.stackexchange.com
IS THERE A TERM FOR LETTING OUT AN EXASPERATED SIGH THROUGH THE NOSE?
Feb 8, 2015 To clarify, the sound made by breathing out through the nose while obstructing that sound in kind of a rough nasal aspiration is commonly what we mean when we say snort. From english.stackexchange.com
USAGE AND ORIGIN OF "SISTER" IN EXPRESSIONS LIKE "SISTER COMPANY ...
Jan 24, 2017 A. Sleepe. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb. 45 The drink incorporates creme de mure (blackberry liqueur), the somewhat sweeter sister of creme de cassis (blackcurrant … From english.stackexchange.com
WHY DO SOME ENGLISH SPEAKERS PRONOUNCE “FêTE” AS “FATE”?
In French, from whom we’ve borrowed the word, it’s /fɛt/ “fet”. But if we pronounced it as if it were an English word after dropping the accent, it would be /fi:t/ “feet”. Yet the pronunciation we From english.stackexchange.com
ETYMOLOGY - HISTORY OF THE IDIOMATIC USAGE OF VANILLA - ENGLISH ...
Jun 22, 2018 As far as I know, it comes from ice cream vendors, particularly American soft serve ice cream, where the vanilla cone was the generic stating point and the cheapest, with … From english.stackexchange.com
ORIGIN OF "CREAM OF THE CROP" - ENGLISH LANGUAGE & USAGE STACK …
There is an earlier expression, crème de la crème (often spelled creme de la creme), which is a borrowing from French (where it means, literally, cream of the cream). In both languages, the … From english.stackexchange.com
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "CREAM" AND "CREME" [CLOSED]
Nov 30, 2016 The first two definitions of "creme" on Merriam-Webster are: 1 : a sweet liqueur 2 : cream or a preparation made with or resembling cream used in cooking The word comes from … From english.stackexchange.com
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