Should the English word for noodles be ''lamen'' or ''ramen''?
The Chinese word for noodles is lamen, or la-mien, and the Japanese also call it lamen, using their hiragana/katana syllaby. So the word is spoken with the L sound in both China and Japan …
word usage - Is "layman" an offensive term? - English Language
Jan 28, 2015 · Though it's not an answer (Zibbobz, Mayo, and Mysti Sinha have all answered your actual question), I wanted to second sam pittman's suggestion of using a different term in …
synonyms - Non gender-specific alternative to "layman" - English ...
Aug 7, 2012 · The gender issue is a tricky one. Many words ending with -man (e.g., chairman, fireman, layman) seem to be referring to males.
Where does the phrase "on the lam" come from?
According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, lam means: "flight," as in on the lam, 1897, from a U.S. slang verb meaning "to run off" (1886), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from the first
Opposite of "mutually exclusive": word for things that necessarily ...
Feb 8, 2015 · When two things are mutually exclusive, either one or the other can exist, but not both at the same time. I should have been more clear, and maybe it's not truly an "opposite", …
differences - "An" average of vs. "The" average of - English …
You have an (or a) average, maximum, minimum, or other group-based calculation of something, while you take (or calculate) the average, maximum, or minimum.
pronunciation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
As an aside, I had a Japanese friend Named "Hiromi" and to my ear she pronounced it Hilomi and when she spoke of what we call "Ramen" noodles, it sounded like Lamen, so I think that …