2012年1月31日 · Aye aye aye makes the most sense. The /j/ only seems to move due to the way it’s run together. The /j/ only seems to move due to the way it’s run together. You don’t normally move letters around in words just to indicate phrasal effects.

2014年10月21日 · "aye" might be connected in some way with an old Latin defective verb "aio" meaning "I say yes". I haven't checked if this connection holds water, it is a first idea, but I think it might be possible. I'll do some research. Added:Etymonline says: origin unknown. Three hypotheses: from I, variant from yes, from aye 2, adverb.

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2013年1月3日 · I am curious as to why "nay" replaces the simple unequivocal "no" in the context of voting. My research in Merriam-Webster tells me that "nay" means "no" (not the other way around) and the first k...

2017年11月2日 · "I get that /ʌ/ is used on stressed vowels and /ə/ on reduced vowels." No. Yes, "/ʌ/ is used on stressed vowels", but there is no phoneme /ə/ in English.

2013年4月30日 · Previous comment continued: It appears that, without the influence of copy editors enforcing uniform usage of oftentimes arbitrary, illogical, and/or outdated rules, the actual comparison between "to" and "for" here could be, not even 5-to-1, but maybe 10-to-1 or 20-to-1.

2011年7月15日 · "Are you done" is used when asking a person if he or she has finished doing something. The thing that is being done is known.

2015年8月21日 · Although it was the huge bounty that drew my attention to this question (as intended by the member who placed the bounty) I am not at all sure that we can assume there is a difference in meaning between 'are you going' and 'will you go' here, simply because OP asks, "what is the difference?"

2019年10月27日 · When I was young, in the West Riding of Yorkshire 1942 to 1960 you would greet an acquaintance thus: "Aye up serry". I believe older residents of the village of Kiveton Park still use the phrase, or one like it identifying the object of the remark as 'serry'. I wonder if this could be traced back to 'sirrah', a 16th century 'corruption' of 'sire'.

2015年2月18日 · In my view, the simplest and most elegant solution is to start off simply with. Dear ladies and gentlemen, having made sure to include the names of all the recipients in the postal address block pertaining to the addressees (if you are sending everyone a paper copy of the letter), so that all of them are able to see who else is covered by your salutation.