
Is "teh" an English word? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Teh was used as an example that if every single English word was included in a spell-checker it would decrease (the spell-checker's) utility (very few people know or use "teh", it's auto …
orthography - meaning and usage of 'teh' - English Language
Hagrid’s pronunciation of to is spelled ter in the book, so teh seems to be an article, at least according to Wiktionary. However, it seems to be an uncommon usage, so I would please like …
etymology - Was "tea" ever pronounced as "teh-ah"? - English …
Dec 25, 2023 · Follow up on SciFi.SE Pronunciation of teatime: in my answer I argue that "teh-ah" as spelled out once in a discworld novel is a pronunciation-spelling. It is essentially not clear …
pronunciation - What does "Do you haz teh codez?" mean?
There is a banner in StackOverflow pointing to the careers website (programmers): Do you haz teh codez? My questions about the sentence/question are: What's the question in plain …
grammaticality - Which is correct: "the below information" or "the ...
I frequently see statements that refer to something later in the text that use a phrase such as "the below information". Is it more correct instead to say "the information below" (or "the following
Origin of "the beatings will continue until morale improves"
Jul 1, 2024 · What is the origin of the phrase the beatings will continue until morale improves? There is a Metafilter and a Quora out on it, but they are inconclusive, and the phrase does not …
word choice - "At the beginning" or "in the beginning"? - English ...
Oct 18, 2012 · Are both expressions "At the beginning" "In the beginning" valid and equivalent? The first "seems wrong" to me, but it has more Google results.
single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin …
Apr 29, 2014 · What is the name of the area that is between the nose and the upper lip, circled in figure 1 below? source of face image I have found that the area circled in figure 2, the small …
punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: How should I punctuate around quotes? I'm having a devil of a time trying to determine how to punctuate an embedded quoted question within a declarative sentence. A …
What is the origin of the phrase "beyond the pale"?
Dec 6, 2010 · Pale in this idiom comes from Latin pālus 'stake'; it means a fencepost, and by ordinary extension it also means the fence itselt, and the area it contains or delimits. So …