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
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
"Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" ? times and meanings?
...Dinner is considered to be the "main" or largest meal of the day. Whether it takes place at noon or in the evening is mostly a cultural thing. For instance, many people who grew up in the American South and/or on farms traditionally ate larger meals at noontime to give them the strength to keep working through the afternoon. Supper is more specifically a lighter evening meal. Rooted in the ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22446/lunch-vs-dinner-vs-supper-times-and-meanings
What are the origins of the phrase "field day" as used to refer to ...
...A Field Day is a result of the ROE for a training schedule. Each military organization MUST post a training schedule for the month which is adjusted weekly. The days needed to train not in Garrison but in the field were pre-scheduled as a simple place on the training schedule for the month for scheduling purposes. The week prior would be adjusted identifying the actual event (23/07/2016 Firing ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/285867/what-are-the-origins-of-the-phrase-field-day-as-used-to-refer-to-cleaning-of-a
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
etymology - History of the phrase "olden days" - English Language ...
...According to Google's Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase was coined some time around 1800 and peaked around 1930: The oldest reference I could find for "olden days" is the 1805 Tobias: a poem : in three parts by Rev. Luke Booker: And the oldest I found for "olden times" is Poems on Affairs of State from 1620 to this Present Year 1707, in a poem called "GIGANTOMAXIA, or a full and true Relation of ......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38185/history-of-the-phrase-olden-days
What is the origin of the phrase "'til the cows come home"?
...If a cow runs away or escapes, it doesn't return, unlike horses, which will return to their stable. As such, 'til the cows come home is an indefinitely long time. So, which is correct? If anybody can point me to a reputable source explaining the history of this phrase, I'd be interested to know....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9651/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-til-the-cows-come-home
Was ?tickle (someone's) fancy? originally a double entendre?
...Recently, I asked users to provide modern-day equivalents of idioms and expressions that contained the words fancy and tickle. The question is titled Whatever tickles their fancy in the US? I was p......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/272353/was-tickle-someones-fancy-originally-a-double-entendre
history - What is the origin of the phrase, "Put two and two together ...
...the other day and, shortly after saying, wondered about its origin. My understanding is that it means to "connect the dots" or to figure the answer to a question, but I'm uncertain why "put two and two together" became a synonym....
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/7734/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-put-two-and-two-together
history - If the letter J is only 400?500 years old, was there a J ...
...I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new ? perhaps 400?500 years old. But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc., and which p......
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/148399/if-the-letter-j-is-only-400-500-years-old-was-there-a-j-sound-that-preceded-the