american english - "Named for" vs. "named after" - English …
2014年8月3日 · Named for refers to something other than a person. A French person named Fete Nat is named for the Fete Nationale (14th of July - what English speakers call Bastille Day). A person called Mississippi John Hurt was named for the State of Mississippi (no, Mississippi was not really part of his official name, as far as I know).
"Named" vs "called" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
If in addition to being named SoAndSo it usually is called SoAndSo, it still is ok to refer to it as an item named SoAndSo (and also would be ok to refer to it as an item called SoAndSo). But if, although usually called SoAndSo, it actually has some name other than that, then it would be incorrect to refer to it as an “item named SoAndSo”.
word choice - What is the name of the symbols - and ">"?
2015年6月27日 · +1, I like that this is the first answer to address the multiple Unicode code points involved. However, I think you might mention that regardless of the characters' names or official prescriptions for use, the less-than and greater-than signs are commonly used as a type of brackets, probably because they can easily be typed and their display is more widely …
"named" vs "that is named" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2016年9月16日 · "In 2015 we established a business (that is) named X". Intuitively, the "that is" part is redundant, and makes the sentence more cumbersome. But I cannot think of a reason why we should be able to drop the verb.
"At" vs. "in" followed by a city name - English Language & Usage …
Is it correct to use "at" followed by a place name (city, town, village, etc.)? I've been seeing phrases like "a hotel at Las Vegas" or "she was living at London" quite a lot recently. Is this a
A word for the person after whom someone or something is named
2013年1月12日 · After 5 decades of speaking American English I'd have to say that "namesake" is the only natural and perfectly correct choice when the referents are all people. But given how widespread its casual use to indicate nothing more than same-namedness is, the connotation "the person someone is named after" is only understood through context. And ...
Why are the "donkey" and the "butt" both named "ass"?
2013年4月29日 · It's a historical accident—they’re really two different words. In the sense buttocks, the word goes back to OE ærs, and beyond that to Proto Indo-European: there are cognates in Greek, Hittite and Old Irish.
How should I use "eponym", "eponymous" and "namesake"?
None of these seem to be proper, given that eponym and eponymous are used for people or things that are named after a person. Since the Tower Bridge is not a person, these terms should not be used. (The Tower Bridge is, of course, itself named after the Tower of London, but its name is not an eponym either, since the Tower is not a person.)
Is there a word for someone with the same name?
2012年1月12日 · The word namefellow or name-fellow, although rather obscure, does have exactly the meaning you're after, without the connotation of namesake that both people are named after the same person. In Tristram of Lyonesse (1882) by the poet A.C. Swinburne, the protagonist travels to Brittany where he meets another knight named Tristram:
Which is correct, “someone named something” or “someone called ...
2018年12月27日 · It seems to me that there has been a move away from designating people by saying “named” when identifying someone as opposed to saying “called,” for example - in a news report. Saying “named” seems more precise - I would use “called” with a nickname - i.e. A man called Rocky or Butch.