Cipher vs. Cypher - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 25, 2014 · The Oxford Dictionary gives both cipher and cypher in that order. The preference for cipher over cypher seems to be a little greater in American English than in British English. The Corpus of Contemporary American English has just over three times as many records for cipher than it has for cypher. The British National Corpus has only one and a ...
Cipher vs Cypher - British English vs American English
Jun 4, 2016 · It is from sense 5 of the word cipher/cypher in the Oxford English Dictionary. Of course the word began life from the French cuffre (modern French chiffre ) with an entirely different meaning (the figure, nought) in the 14th century.
What is the origin of the phrase "zero, zip, zilch, nada"?
In the TV show Batman: The Animated Series, the character of Joker said the phrase "zero, zip, zilch, nada". Looking at Google results for that phrase, it seems to be more widely used, so I assume
idioms - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Nonetheless, I've been asked to provide some degree of specificity: the first example that always comes to mind is the scene in The Matrix where Cypher is eating a steak and talking to the agent. Cypher says: "I know this steak doesn't exist; I know that when I put in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it's juicy and delicious.
siphon vs. syphon - any reason to prefer one over the other?
Siphon is the common and preferred form. My very big dictionary (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition) contains no distinct entry for syphon.
Morrow vs. Tomorrow - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
@AndrewLeach Thanks for clarifying archaic vs obsolete; people often mistake those.You can see the transition from the vocabulary and phrasing of yesteryear to what is normal is our brave new millennium by comparing the various translations of Matthew 6:34.
Send or Send across - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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