Mar 12, 2019 · Wight is pronounced "white". Wight can be found as "wiht". I have heard people pronounce this as "wit". Is this mispronounced or for example dutch white = WIT?

May 29, 2021 · Idiomatically, most people prefer to (metaphorically) give more weight to [some contributory factor] rather than put more weight on it. But both versions are perfectly natural, and …

Mar 13, 2015 · Why do we refer to morning, afternoon and evening as 'in the morning', 'in the afternoon', 'in the evening' but not 'in the night' instead we say 'at night.'

Jul 10, 2018 · I can see both weigh and weight being applicable here, but unless you tell us what you're trying to say in other words, it is impossible for us to know which meaning is intended: to weigh (to …

Dec 19, 2023 · Are you looking for the origins of that particular phrase only, or of the use of 'white' to signify 'honorable and/or pure, etc'?

May 4, 2013 · Assuming it's not casual usage, I'd recommend "All items over five pounds are excluded," instead. Most style guided recommend spelling out numbers of ten or less, and in such a case I'd …

Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used. He was a 6-foot 5-inch man. (Not: 6-foot-5-inch man, with three hyphens.) She gave birth to a 7-pound 11-ounce baby. (Not...

Oct 16, 2013 · Some islands are called isle like "Isle of Man", "Isle of Tortuga" and the "British Isles". Other islands are called island, like "Island of Malta" or "Island of Cyprus". What is the difference be...

Feb 19, 2024 · And there's the viral video by Shaun Bloodworth, which is said to have been responsible for saving Ernest Wight from closure. In another ten-year-old video the term is used yet again but by …

Apr 5, 2014 · The musical sharp (♯) is technically a different character from the octothorpe (#), though they are superficially similar. The Wikipedia article describes the origin of the alternative names …