May 29, 2011 · I was talking with a friend who told me that Afghani is an offensive term for someone from Afghanistan, and that I should use Afghan instead. Is Afghani actually an offensive term?

The term afghani is a separate noun, referring to a small unit of currency. We have evidence in English from usage much earlier than the events of post-1978 showing Afghan as both a noun and an …

Aug 27, 2021 · Which term is correct — "Afghan" or "Afghani"? I'm interested in figuring out when the usage of Afghan as "an inhabitant or Afghanistan" overtook the usage of Afghan to refer to what we …

Aug 26, 2024 · I found a few connotations of how the slang "peachy" is used: Vocabulary.com: #1: very good [non sarcastic]: If you're unhappy, it's usually best to be honest about …

Dec 10, 2010 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you". Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, …

Oct 11, 2018 · The past tense, and past participle of "split" is "split". I don't think that "splitted" is grammatical, though I dare say it gets used.

This might be kind of vague, but I was thinking about this the other day. When someone asks "Who are you?", what are they really wanting to know? Is your name really enough to explain who you are? ...

Jul 9, 2015 · I wish to refer to a specific week which contains the date I mention. Example: I suggest the week of November 9th for our meeting. where I refer to the date range Monday 9.11. to Friday 13.11. …

Which of these sentences is more correct? ABC should not be referenced from file X. ABC should not be referenced in file X. ABC should not be referenced by file X.

Oct 31, 2018 · Something I'm wondering about is the correct usage of the word (s) 'timestamp'. I don't know whether it's one (timestamp) or two (time stamp) words, and googling for the answer doesn't …