granddad |ˈgranˌdad| (also grandad) noun informal - one's grandfather. grandad |ˈgranˌdad|, Noun - variant spelling of granddad . The OALD says the same thing, and is more specific, saying that "Granddad" is North-American English. If someone from U.S./UK can …

2012年10月4日 · Etymology. The word nan for grandma is a shortening of the word nana.Both of these words probably are child pronunciations of the word nanny.

2018年3月22日 · According to the OED, the s in pops is:. A shortened form of the hypocoristic dim. suffix -sy, added to the same classes of words, as Babs, Toots, ducks, moms.

When you are using the word "Dad" to refer to a specific person, it's standing in place of their name, and thus, like their name, would be capitalized.

2010年10月15日 · Both are considered correct in the English language. Benefiting and benefitting both are acceptable due to two different English spelling rules.

2012年10月2日 · The current usage difference is that fairy is the mythical creature, and faerie is the world of fairies. However, Brian Froud, who is considered to be the main authority of fairies, nearly always uses the archaic form faery or f

2017年10月30日 · @Neil Yes I have never heard 'confab' used and was unaware of it until tonight. (Conflab I know all about). But 'confabulation' is a word my son uses. He is a post-graduate student in neuroscience, and 'confabulations' are what his granddad (my father) suffered from, in the few years leading up to his recent death aged 99 and three quarters.

2012年9月9日 · +1 for the comprehensive answer. I'm from North Yorkshire and my granddad was a gamekeeper. For years as a kid, I never quite equated rabbits (white fluffy things the neighbours had as pets) with coneys (grey/brown pests that got shot and eaten) –