I dont know why, but it seems to me that bob would sound a bit strange if he said, why is it that you have to get going? in that situation. Ā· while americans (and possibly others) pronounce this as loo-tenant, folks from the uk pronounce it as lef-tenant. For one thing, i find it confusing. Ā· i understand that the word spook is a racial slur that rose in usage during wwii; In french, avant j. c. (before jesus christ); Ā· we dont say gbp: A man has a winkle and a woman has a tuppence. Geb. , an abbreviation of ā¦ Boston, massachusetts, usa; What i dont understand is why. She spends each outing working away on the sweater – but only as long as crochet is ā¦ In non-english speaking countries, they tended to use the local language: But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two terms, whereas with bc and ad, the terms are clearly different and i find it easier to distinguish! As jimi oke points out, it doesnt matter what letter the word starts with, but what sound it starts with. Ā· boston ace garrett crochet issued an apology to a red sox insider after signing a lucrative contract extension tuesday. Ā· with the prospect capital the red sox gave up to complete the deal, crochet figures to be the teamās ace for a long time. But that future grew cloudy when the 25-year-old didnāt reach an. Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the us than the uk? I also know germans called black gunners spookwaffe. Spook seems to also mean ghos. Since usual starts with a y sound, it should take a instead of an. British citizen is the statutory name of citizenship of the uk, so its not so much a choice of the government (in the sense of the particular set of ministers in place at any given time) as of parliament. Also, if you say today was an usual day, unless your pronunciation is extremely clear, you risk being misunderstood as today was unusual day, which will only confuse your listeners. It doesnt help that bce is similar to bc. Another word for a females vagina. See, gailbreath is crocheting a red and white sweater this season during lefty garrett crochets starts. Ā· for red sox fan anna gailbreath, crochet day is crochet day. Ā· the question is: Ā· why the terminology changed from latin to english is a matter of speculation. On one hand, those are two presumably independent contributors giving the same definition. Why did the english adapt the name pineapple from spanish (which originally meant pinecone in english) while most european countries eventually adapted the name ananas, which came from the tupi word nanas (also meaning pineapple). On the other hand, you often cant trust the urban dictionary on some types of words, especially ones that have sexual meanings, because its titillating for some people to give outrageous sexual definitions. Were bce/ce established earlier than bc/ad? Many people do, actually, at least in contexts where one normally uses iso codes. Why do people use the latter terminology? Ask question asked 14 years, modified