Origin of the word "whee" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2020年3月25日 · Whee!" in response to every question people asked him about what was wrong with him—until a doctor "gave the customary treatment for whistleitis" (presumably an emetic). …
How do you spell 'hoo-wee!' - English Language & Usage Stack …
2024年12月6日 · Following up on Joe Blow's suggestion in a comment above, I also found Google Books matches for hoohee, hoo-whee (and hoowhee), whohee, whoohee, whoowhee, …
What does "what for" mean and where did it come from?"
2014年4月2日 · It's "slang", first recorded by OED 1873 Routledge's Yng.Gentl. Mag. Feb. 137/1 It'll give you what for if it touches your lips., with the definition to give (one) what for = to inflict …
What is the origin and history of the word "motherf---er"?
Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — …
Where does the period go when using parentheses?
2012年7月7日 · Where should the period go when using parentheses? For example: In sentence one, I use this example (which has a parenthesis at the end.) Should the period be inside, or …
When "etc." is at the end of a phrase, do you place a period after it?
2011年1月10日 · Prior to the invention of the Linotype, typographers would follow the abbreviation with a period and narrow space if it occurred mid-sentence, or with a period and wide space if …
"In cases when" vs. "in cases where" - English Language & Usage …
Go with 'where' because, as @Alenanno states, you have said 'in cases' which hints at a location, though an abstract one.
commas - Is “month year” or “month, year” the more common …
@EdwinAshworth: One thing I noticed in looking at various style guides (most notably, AP) was that one can view the central issue as being not whether to separate the month from the year …
What is the origin of "long" and "short" in finance?
2014年1月9日 · The terms sell short and short position seem to have arisen in US stock and commodity markets about 1850; the earliest use I have found is from The Merchant's …
etymology - "Clean as a whistle" — why is a whistle considered ...
Every time I hear this idiom, I cogitate to no avail as to its sense. Why is it a whistle, and not a lantern, or an axe?