"Named" vs "called" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc.). Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo. Is "named" an …
american english - "Named for" vs. "named after" - English …
Aug 3, 2014 · Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so …
How should I use "eponym", "eponymous" and "namesake"?
Correct examples: Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California that is the namesake of eighteenth-century bishop and philosopher George …
What is the difference between "named" and "termed"?
Aug 1, 2018 · However, termed is much more formal and is often used to describe very specific concepts in multiple different fields. named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, …
grammar - "I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith"
Aug 2, 2020 · Bert: I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith. Uncle Albert: What's the name of his other leg? It is a joke that exploits a common ambiguity in English communication. …
A word for the person after whom someone or something is named
Jan 12, 2013 · Places, roads, streets etc., get named after famous people, too. Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them. But I am not …
Comma before "named"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jun 13, 2017 · There should be a file, named something.txt. or There should be a file named something.txt.
etymology - What is the story behind the word ...
Aug 26, 2010 · Sesquipedalian means having many syllables, and you'll probably know what phobia means. Thus, "sesquipedaliophobia" is an irrational fear of words with many syllables. …
single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I may well be wrong, but if something is EPONYMOUS it means named after a person. So "William Shakespears King Lear's eponymous TV series." would mean the TV series is named …
What do you call a daughter with the same name as her mother?
Apr 25, 2013 · What do you call a daughter with the same name as her mother? Is there a female equivalent for 'junior' in the english language?