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Taking a shit
Can someone please explain to me why the act of defecation is called taking a shit and not leaving a shit?
Why is it five more minutes and not more five minutes?
I saw a video of a girl who is non-native speaker. She was sleepy and when her partner tried to wake her up, she said "more five minutes" and they corrected her, saying that it was "five more minutes". I've seen a lot of phrases showing this, uhm, syntax? And although I normally can understand, this one got me pretty confused
what does the exact meaning of cutesy?
(I want to change does into is in the title..but I don't know how to do this...) My online friend called me by this...a few days ago...and today...I looked for this in a dictionary and it said 1. [artificially](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/artificially) [attractive](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/attractive) **and** [pleasant](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/pleasant)**,** [especially](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/especially) **in a** [**childish**](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ko/%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4/childish) **way:** 2. Cutesy" can be used as an informal, disapproving term to describe someone or something that is too cute or tries too hard to be appealing 3. Cutesy” tends to have a negative connotation of “trying too hard to be cute or appealing” As far as I know, I've never tried to be cute and I have a childish voice and has a younger face than my age, which are my complex as an adult.....I was shocked when I knew this meaning...and confused........DId he want me to stop trying to look cute when he said this to me?.......
How do you pronounce “with something”?
Hi everyone, I'm having a hard time pronouncing "with something" without pausing between them for like 1s. If I force myself to say them faster, I either end up pronouncing "something" as "thomething", or "with" as "wiss". E.g.: "be snowed under with something" “with something like that“
The Most Common Mistakes English Learners Make (And How to Fix Them!)
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Hoe did yall learn English as a second language?
I got familiar with the grammar at elementary school and when Covid hit, I became obsessed with Tiktok and watched US tiktok like I have nothing else to do. Probably not the wisest way to learn it but at least I got to get comfortable and familiar with the language. I say it taught me English better than our school system.
What's the daily, regular word for a person that codes for a living?
Hey everyone, I know it's not a very straightforward question, but what's the generic term for a person that writes code using programming languages? Is programmer a normal word or not? I know there's software engineer and other stuff but is it natural to just say, "He's a programmer"? Like "He's a doctor" instead of specifying and saying "He's a surgeon/physician", can we do the same with programmer or not? Is programmer even a word in today's language or is it outdated? Coder? What's the normal daily generic word? Please I'm begging you Thank you everyone for the input!
Strange use of the word “even”.
So there’s this way people grammatically use the word “even” that I’ve always thought to be diabolical. Example: “What even is that?” It sounds so wrong. There’s a popular meme of a man who says “what the hell even is that?” and it sounds even worse. Edit: Apparently, the meme guy actually said "what the hell is even that"😂
"The gulls coiled over the gathering" - how unusual is this sentence?
I know snakes, springs and tales can coil. I know "coil of smoke". So I guess this sentence means that seagulls arranged themselves in a circle over a group of people. But I've never heard the word "coil" being used with birds before. Is this something unique the writer came up with? Would it sound weird if I used it in conversation/my own writing?
Is it "Lunar New Year" or "Lunisolar New Year"?
As the title says, I once saw a comment confirming that Lunisolar is the right term since we are using Lunisolar calendar.