What color is "puce", and why do different people give radically ...
May 25, 2012 · It seems like "puce" means two different colors depending on where you live. I always thought puce was green, then saw on Wikipedia that it is purplish-brown. …
How do we pronounce the plural form of “kg” in a sentence?
Jun 14, 2015 · Her sigh and the windshield wiper's sigh were coincident, yet beautiful, and her only reply was "Pass me another two thousand calorie pepsi, ma puce." For me, in that dialog …
orthography - The spelling "ui" and the pronunciation /uː/ in juice ...
Jul 8, 2019 · Neither of those spellings has any particular issue with representing the sound of the word: -uce and -use are used in the spelling of some words that rhyme with juice, such as …
Origin of 'the new normal' as a freestanding phrase
Dec 16, 2014 · Hey, @FF, this is worth an answer (although 100 000 is an arbitrary figure hardly worth acknowledging. Hats, now ...) I hadn't realised that nouning adjectives (puce is the new …
orthography - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 19, 2015 · I have also learned (in researching this particular question) that there is apparently a sport called disc-golf (which really shouldn't surprise me because I went to a hippie college …