etymology - Why do "catsup" and "ketchup" coexist? - English …
网页Catsup (earlier catchup) is a failed attempt at Anglicization, still in use in U.S. Originally a fish sauce, early English recipes included among their ingredients mushrooms, walnuts, cucumbers, and oysters (Johnson, 1755, defines catsup as "A kind of pickle, made from mushrooms"). Modern form of the sauce began to emerge when U.S. seamen added ...
What is the etymology of the word ketchup?
网页2016年10月2日 — Catsup (earlier catchup) is a failed attempt at Anglicization, still in use in U.S. Originally a fish sauce, early English recipes included among their ingredients mushrooms, walnuts, cucumbers, and oysters (Johnson, 1755, defines catsup as "A kind of pickle, made from mushrooms"). Modern form of the sauce began to emerge when U.S. …
etymology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
网页2020年11月26日 — A Google Ngram search of the Google Books database for the period 1800–2019 shows that chanterelle (red line) is much the preferred spelling today over chantarelle (blue line) and chantrelle (green line)—and has been for some time:
How correct is "quote, unquote" and where does its usage come …
网页2013年9月23日 — In the following quote, it seems (to me at least) quite difficult to figure out what exactly is being quote: “The best cure—quote, unquote—for aging is slowing disease,” Daniel Kraft, the chair ...
etymology - How did 'purport' evolve to connote falsity? - English ...
网页2015年4月23日 — The evidence clearly shows that the seized product is a food which purports to be tomato catsup, a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been promulgated, and that it does not conform to such standard in that it contains benzoate of soda, an ingredient not approved by the standard. It is therefore misbranded within the ...
Do any words have three or more correct spellings? [closed]
网页There are ketchup, catsup, and catchup, all in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. And in fact, looking at Ngrams, all three spellings were reasonably common between 1910 and 1960, although catchup has become relatively rare today.
Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e.g. w/wo …
网页Yes, in the right context it should be pretty easy to deduce. Salad dressing recipes (or any recipes) for which the ingredients may include controversial items such as anchovies, or very spicy ingredients; will often have the potentially offensive ingredients listed as optional.
What is one word for "the nervous excitement associated with new …
网页2015年10月28日 — Whatever brand it was, the person in the commercial would hold the catsup bottle upside down and simply wait, and wait, and wait, until the red condiment emerged slowly from the bottle. ("Anticipation," I believe was made into a big pop-hit decades ago by Carly Simon, James Taylor's ex, and the song was featured in the …
Usage, prevalence of “rooster sauce” and “cock sauce”
网页2014年3月21日 — Sriracha sauce is a kind of chili sauce named for Si Racha, Thailand, but in the United States many people call it “rooster sauce” or “cock sauce” after the prominent rooster logo on a popular bran...
meaning - Being drawn to something? - English Language
网页2021年11月7日 — 1. Drawn to a person or thing i.e. attracted to. But no "by" in my opinion. However, my attention was drawn to the painting by my friend. – Lambie. Nov 7, 2021 at 20:48. 1. @Lambie -- "The picture caught my eye immediately. I was drawn by the unique colorization of the image."