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- Where does ta! come from? - English Language Usage . . .
Where does the expression "ta" come from? Wikipedia has only this to say: "ta!", slang, Exclam Thank you! My compact version of The Oxford English Dictionary lists it as "An infantile word expressing thanks," and dates its first reference from 1772, unless my eyes deceive me (I am momentarily unable to locate the magnifying glass that came with the tome)
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
I'd appreciate your assistance in helping me particularly understand how to use the phrase "as of" properly What is the proper interpretation of the following sentence? "I need you to get me all
- Ta and ta-ta - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
tata also ta-ta, "good-bye," 1823, a word first recorded as infant's speech Abbreviation T T F N , "ta-ta for now," popularized 1941 by BBC radio program "ITMA," where it was the characteristic parting of the cockney cleaning woman character Mrs Mopp, voiced by Dorothy Summers
- Is TAed a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
We commonly abbreviate teacher's assistant as TA Suppose I have the following sentence: I was a teacher's assistant for Chemistry 101 We can also say: I was a TA for Chemistry 101 But, is it right if we said: I TA'ed
- Why do we say to boot? - English Language Usage . . .
Here's an example of the phrase "to boot": My wife made a disgusting looking dinner, and it tasted awful to boot! The implication of the "to boot" is that the fact that the dinner tasted awful wa
- What does the atta mean in attaboy and attagirl?
What does the prefix atta mean? What is it trying to abbreviate? What a? Wiktionary claims that it stands for that's a or that's the, but I do not see the resemblance to atta
- Have a look vs. Take a look - English Language Usage . . .
What is the difference between Have a look and Take a look (meaning connotations)? For example: Have a look at the question Take a look at the question For some reason I only found first versio
- etymology - What was the first use of the saying, You miss . . .
Wayne Gretzky appears to be the earliest attributed source of this particular expression, although two older sports-related expression say much the same thing: "You can't score if you don't shoot" and "You can't hit the ball if you don't swing "
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