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Somali Democrat Who Came To US Two Decades Ago Still Can’t Speak Clear English
What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.
3 Mostly because -eng, -enk didn’t survive Middle English We don’t have native words in -eng, -enk because of a regular sound-change that any such words underwent in their evolution from Old English to Middle English to Modern English. For example, Old English had a verb lengen meaning to lengthen (transitively) or to linger (intransitively).
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According to the OED renumeration / remuneration are interchangeable. So too are the associated verbs - renumerate / remunerate. However, some commentators have strong feelings about renumeration being used with its first-cited meaning (i.e. remuneration, see below) "... to be avoided at all costs is the metathesized form renumeration." (R. W. Burchfield New Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (1996) 666 ...
I remember being told that "teh" (a common misspelling of "the") is actually a proper (though very old and no longer in common usage) English word. Teh was used as an example that if every single
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A close, suffocating atmosphere, a choking vapour or smoke, a smoky sulphurous smell (Dmf. s.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; s.Sc. 1971). Also in n.Eng. dial. This would seem to apply to smoking cooking oil. In other words, something that stifles; the word is apparently a back formation thereof. OED attests it as far back as 1636.