By happenstance, I stumbled upon the words cha, char and chai in the dictionary today, all defined as meaning tea in informal British English. I lived and worked in London for some time, …

Mar 20, 2023 · What is the phrase for a romantic relationship between two incompatible personality types? Example: nerd & party animal. Often seen in movies, lots of examples …

Sep 14, 2013 · I, having lived most of my life in the American South, have heard this expression a lot (though I would tend to spell and pronounce it "'preciate 'cha" I.e. "Preeshee-a-chuh"). …

Dec 10, 2010 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you". Literally, from the sense of got = …

Oct 13, 2020 · Does anyone know where "Whatcha" and/or "Didja" originate from? Watcha: What did you? Didja: Did you? Edit: I cannot find these words in my English Grammar books and …

Closed 10 years ago. I am puzzled on how to pronounce cha- words. For example, I know that "chameleon" or "chamomile" are pronounced with a hard "c" like in "camel", not with a soft "c" …

Jun 12, 2021 · Are these words examples of elision? What effect do they create? If a child says them what does this suggest about their language development? Thanks for any help!!

May 30, 2013 · I remember when staying a few months in the US years ago that I saw some people using the abbreviations below. However, I can't exactly remember in which contexts I …

Apr 4, 2017 · The pronunciation of ch as /k/ is generally found in words borrowed from Greek (where the ch stands for the Greek letter chi). See Wikipedia: English words of Greek origin: …

I am not sure if the title is clear enough to you, so let me briefly explain what I'm looking for. We sometimes see children who look very much like their father or mother, or even behave typicall...