NSOED adds for your (b) usage: "freq. foll. by ... milk from which the cream has been skimmed; skim milk". On the left-pondian side, by the way, AHD3 has an entry for "skim milk" but none for "skimmed milk", which

I have encountered the pronunciation "Walla!" for "Voilà!" before, andfound it to be puzzling. Now, reading this thread, the light ... "(pneumatic) tire" ) and the /sts/ combination at the beginning of the Esperanto

"R*" schrieb: The pioneers and cowboys used to call the grasslands of ... Or did the grassland get its name from the brush? The reference is probably to the sagebrush plains of western North America. Sage itself is a plant of the mint

As for the back-formation bit, that's how I see the ... As used by "the manin the street," so to speak. I've never seen it to mean that, though of course one could use such things to try to persuade someone ... fide customer when

In looking for more facts pertaining to the discussion on "to whale/wail/wale on someone," to hit, to beat. I'm finding some interesting things. The words "wheal," "weal," and "welt" also have some

Once again, it sounds too much like "you". AND, while ... and "hir" as are used in many online fora. Kent Well, there are many dialects and manners of pronunciation, but nobody suggests to ban the word "air" because