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It published an editorial on 19 April 1940 titled "Quislings everywhere", in which it was asserted that "To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters.
There are several six-letter English words with their letters in alphabetical order, including abhors, almost, begins, biopsy, chimps and chintz. [32] There are few 7-letter words, such as "billowy" and "beefily". The longest words whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order are sponged, wronged and trollied.
The first fascicle was not published until 1986, and covered words beginning with the letter D. [4] The letter G was reached in 2008. [4] As of March 2015 the entries for 8 of the 24 letters of the Old English alphabet, A-H were published, with over 60% of the total entries written. [5] [6] The letter I was released in September 2018. [1]
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
Roy Nicolas Courlander - a British-born New Zealand soldier with a history of petty crime, he was taken prisoner during the Greece campaign in April 1941. Attracted by his anti-communist views, the Germans recruited him for the Waffen-SS British Free Corps, where Courlander reached the rank of Unterscharführer. [1]
Federal workers remain unsettled by Trump's cabinet picks, with some hoping the nominee for their agency will drop out like Matt Gaetz, writes Philip Elliott for The D.C. Brief.
An act more effectually to prevent, during the present war between Great Britain and France, all traitorous correspondence with or aid or assistance being given to, his Majesty's enemies. Citation: 33 Geo. 3. c. 27: Dates; Royal assent: 7 May 1793: Repealed: 21 August 1871: Other legislation; Repealed by: Statute Law Revision Act 1871