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  1. terminology - Is "Monday" a proper noun or a common noun? - English ...

    Mar 5, 2017 · For example, names of days and months are considered proper names in English, but not in Spanish, French, Swedish …

  2. Why "tickety-boo"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 29, 2011 · I heard myself saying something was "tickety-boo", meaning good, successful, or satisfactory. Does anyone know …

  3. etymology - What's the origin of "all the livelong day?" - English ...

    Nov 11, 2015 · All the livelong day: the expression is actually generally used with a negative connotation, to refer to a period of time …

  4. Date format in UK vs US - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 24, 2012 · Anglo-Saxon (i.e. English ca. 500-1100 AD) dates were written in full sentences (e.g. "fifteenth day before the calends …

  5. history - Change from to-day to today - English Language & Usage …

    Sep 10, 2012 · In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when …

  6. "Good bye", "Bye", "Bye bye" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Sep 6, 2010 · The first word of the expression is now good and not God, for good replaced God by analogy with such expressions as …

  7. etymology - History of the phrase "olden days" - English Language ...

    Aug 16, 2011 · According to Google's Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase was coined some time around 1800 and peaked around …

  8. What is the history of the expression “many moons ago”?

    Purportedly this was the terminology used by Native Americans (at least in kiddie westerns of the 40s and 50s). "Many moons ago" …

  9. Etymology/Origin behind using "bitching" in a positive sense

    How did the second, positive meaning arise from the first extremely negative (and long) history of the word? What and where are the …

  10. Origins of "Oorah"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    As the Marine Corps Training Reference Manual on the history of Marine Recon is named “Aarugha!” (1989), the explanation that it …