- etymology - Where does otay come from? - English Language Usage . . .
"Otay" comes from The Little Rascals (a k a "Our Gang") , a 1920's comedy series featuring a variety of child actors, in particular one called Buckwheat, who had a bit of a lisp or perhaps a minor speaking impediment at the time
- Where does the idiom whole cloth come from? [closed]
Thefreedictionary has an entry: Pure fabrication or fiction: "He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American" (Ned Rorem)
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- pronunciation - Why is quixotic pronounced as it is? - English Language . . .
"The correct pronunciation is 'Don Qui-Sh-Otay', because in the book the character speaks in old Castilian " By extension, "quixotic" should be pronounced: [kee-sho-tik] (Or [quiche-ottik], if you prefer ) Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find other sources to back this up QI's research team has a respectable reputation, though
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