Neesh or Nitch? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2010年8月20日 · I find it interesting that it's Americans who tend to say nitch (as confirmed by Collins Dictionary, which explicitly says Nitch = US, Neesh = UK). For many other words that come to mind (filet and herbs in culinary contexts, for example) Americans stick with the French pronunciation where Brits go for the Anglicised version. –
AmE pronunciation of 'cliché' vs 'niche' - English Language
2016年8月17日 · Another word of possible interest here is Vichy.You might expect from U.S. pronunciation of niche that Americans would tend to pronounce Vichy either "vitchy" (rhyming with "itchy") or "veeshy"; but the only pronunciation that Merriam-Webster's Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary (2003) gives for is "vishy" (rhyming with "fishy").
What is the origin of the phrase "zero, zip, zilch, nada"?
In the TV show Batman: The Animated Series, the character of Joker said the phrase "zero, zip, zilch, nada". Looking at Google results for that phrase, it seems to be more widely used, so I assume
idioms - meaning of "carve out a niche" - English Language
2018年7月19日 · Can you give out the meaning of the phrase "carve out a niche"? Full sentence: A string of organisations are coming together to carve out a niche for India in AI.
Why is karma a bitch? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I came across this saying "karma is a bitch" a few times while reading some comments online recently. I understand karma as a religious concept to mean "what goes around, comes around".
A bit niche - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
@gmcgath: Isn't it used in exactly the same sense as "a niche book"? My interpretation of the passage is that it says that a showing of The Blues Brothers every day at midnight would appeal to a very small number of people ...just like "a niche book", which is a book which appeals to a very small group of people.
Word to describe a person who has a lot of experience in a specific ...
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etymology - What is the origin of the phrase "This is why we can't …
2017年11月6日 · It seems likely that comedian Paula Poundstone originally brought the phrase to the national stage in the late 1980s and early 1990s, though it's the kind of thing that might have been spontaneously coined by parents multiple times throughout history (Poundstone's mother, at least, apparently said it before the comedian made the line famous).