history - Change from to-day to today - English Language & Usage Stack ...
...In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it contained two...
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81155/change-from-to-day-to-today
Why is it "the day is young", not "still early"? What is the history of ...
...3 "The day is young" corresponds to "the hour is early" or better still simply "it is early". To me "the day is early" would be slightly unusual, but might suggest the early part of a longer period, such as a month or year....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/78967/why-is-it-the-day-is-young-not-still-early-what-is-the-history-of-the-phr
What does the phrase ?it?s like Groundhog Day every day? mean, and ...
...?It?s like Groundhog Day every day,? Jamison admitted of their epic losing streak. What does this mean? Yes, I?ve read up on and know what Groundhog Day literally is: a holiday that celebrates a quaint folk tradition of determining the seasons....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11818/what-does-the-phrase-it-s-like-groundhog-day-every-day-mean-and-where-does-it
Etymology of "history" and why the "hi-" prefix?
...That is why feminists, for example, rejected the word history and championed the notion of herstory during the 1970s, says Dictionary.com?s Jane Solomon, ?to point out the fact that history has mostly come from a male perspective.? The ?his? in history has nothing, linguistically, to do with the pronoun referring to a male person....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/95146/etymology-of-history-and-why-the-hi-prefix
History of "have a good one" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
...The term "have a good day" was the phrase of the times. Everyone used it, I had to hear it so many times during the course of the day that I nearly went mad with the boredom of the phrase. So, after a while I started to return "Have a good day" with "Have A Good One" meaning have a good whatever got you off....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/37233/history-of-have-a-good-one
etymology - Is "holiday" derived from "holy day"? - English Language ...
...Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book Ancrene Riwle....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/13401/is-holiday-derived-from-holy-day
etymology - What's the origin of "all the livelong day?" - English ...
...The expression "all the livelong day" can be found as early as 1579, when it appeared in Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives, in the chapter on the "Life of Romulus" (you can find this in any Early English Books Online database): These poore maydes toyled at it all the liue longe daye....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/286411/whats-the-origin-of-all-the-livelong-day
history - Was the N-word an offensive word in Mark Twain's day ...
...Many people in the US feel extremely uncomfortable with the "N word" because of its checkered history and negative connotations, though the word was much more commonplace at the time that the story was written. The common term for African American ethnicity was derogatory and dehumanizing, so Twain went with the common term as a sign of the times....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9824/was-the-n-word-an-offensive-word-in-mark-twains-day
What is the origin and history of the word "motherf---er"?
...To appreciate the thrust of the insult motherfucker doesn't require knowledge of the technology, or culture, or local history of any particular milieu; the logic behind it is virtually ageless, because it is undergirded by a fundamental evolutionary truth, instinctually apparent to every creature since sex first came about ? and that truth is ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27308/what-is-the-origin-and-history-of-the-word-motherf-er
What's the origin of the idiom "don't give it the time of day"?
...I Googled the phrase "time of day idiom" because I was particularly interested in the origin/etymology of the "time of day" part. I readily found the meaning (which I already knew), but was stymied as to its origin (which is what I wanted). Thus, I ask: what is the origin/etymology of the idiom?...
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/80338/whats-the-origin-of-the-idiom-dont-give-it-the-time-of-day