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  1. single word requests - Verb for the act of making a "Tch" sound ...

    Aug 26, 2017 · This has been bothering me (a native English speaker) for a long time. It seems almost impossible outside of dialogue to describe the act of unconsciously spitting out a "Tch!" in …

  2. How did the silent 't' come into all these 'tch' words?

    It seems to me that the 'tch' behaves in English spelling the way a doubled consonant would, and the 'ch' the way a single consonant would. That is, 'tch' is more likely to occur after short vowels, so you …

  3. pronunciation - Is the ‘t’ in ‘witch’ considered a silent t? - English ...

    Jul 14, 2024 · A competing analysis would be that "tch" is a trigraph where all three letters function together to represent the single sound [t͡ʃ]. In the first analysis, "t" is a silent letter.

  4. Is there a WORD For: sound made by mouth to express demeaning …

    Feb 16, 2018 · The sound made by pushing middle tongue against palate, tip of tongue bent downward and pushed up against upper teeth and sucking in air sharply w/ mouth open, chin drops and holds …

  5. Word for sound made by tongue and teeth

    Jul 5, 2017 · Is the sound made just at one side of the mouth? In the situation you describe I would make a 'click' or 'pop' sound by placing the flat of my tongue against the roof of my mouth such that it …

  6. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 5, 2014 · While I know you can attribute 'bitch' to a male, I feel there is a sense of femininity. I was wondering if there is a colloquial equivalent that describes someone with the qualities of a 'bitch'

  7. Any rules for "-ich" and "-itch" word endings?

    May 14, 2015 · The spelling with -tch doesn't always correspond to OE geminates, as there are words like "stitch" < stice or "pitch" < pic. Nor does the spelling with -ch always correspond to a preceding …

  8. Where/when did the *idea* of bad words come from in English?

    Bad Words: f*ck sh*t *ss d*mn b*tch ... Ok, so there's no point in listing them all. The thing I'm interested in is this: Why is it that in English we have a strong sense of a group of words t...

  9. Neesh or Nitch? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 20, 2010 · What is the correct way to pronounce niche? I've always said and heard nitch, but now I hear neesh, but it always sounds trendy to me. Thoughts?

  10. Origin and connotations of RBF (Resting Bitch Face)

    May 22, 2013 · Like really early. On the very same day, a YouTube video by Madeline Mann, entitled: “My Struggle With Resting B*tch Face”, was posted. In the video she utters the initialism, RBF, and …