Mar 12, 2019 · Wight is etymologically unrelated to white. The former is pronounced /waɪt/; the latter is pronounced /waɪt/ (the same as wight) or, in certain conservative accents, /hwaɪt/ or …

May 4, 2013 · I suggest writing 2.3 kg instead of any of 5 lbs., 5lbs., 5 lb. or 5lb. Historically, however, the forms “5 lb” and “5 lbs” appear to have been used more than either of the others …

Mar 13, 2015 · in, prep. III. Of time. 18. a. Within the limits of a period or space of time. With in the day, in the night: cf. by day, by night at by prep. 19b.

Apr 5, 2014 · There’s also the whole set of apothecary measures, whence some of this derives.That’s why a troy ounce is exactly 480 grains and a troy pound 5,760 grains, while an …

Oct 16, 2013 · In modern everyday use 'Isle' tends to be included in the name by which the place is known, such as the ones you mention plus the Isle of Skye, Isle of Mull, Isle of Wight etc. …

Oct 16, 2015 · I'm living in Brussels, but travel to the South of England quite a bit. I heard it a lot on the Isle of Wight this summer for instance. I thought of it this morning because a British …

Wight is a near-equivalent, going by the dictionary. The problem is that damsel has heavy connotations of pretty but useless, and (obviously) there are no men who could be described …

Aug 17, 2010 · Michael Swan (Practical English Usage, Oxford University Press, 1997) writes: "Unfortunately, the rules for adjective order are very complicated, and different grammars …

Aug 5, 2011 · T.E.D. has a fine answer, just wanted to say it my way. "Proverbial" means "having to do with a proverb", or as T.E.D. says "as heard in a proverb".

Jonathon Green's sources (as cited in Brian Hooper's answer) notwithstanding, the limerick that appears in Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, …