“French words with the /y/ sound (like value or duke) were approximated by English speakers as /iu/ or /juː/“
Nope, it’s for children
Weird. Thanks.
Ha! I should send you mine. I keep them for a while then a fit of tidyness hits and I get rid of them. I could just ship them to you!
Many British English dialects retains a Y sound before a U in a number of words where the Y has been dropped in US English, like “tune”, “duty”, “student”, “avenue”, etc. The removal of the historic Y sound is called yod dropping.
Weirdly, I say “nyooz” for “news,” and “nooz” sounds wrong and irritating, but I can’t imagine where I got those habits and ideas, since I yod-drop all over the place.
For sock categories, I initially voted 2 – regular everyday socks and dress socks, but upon reading the discussion I realized I forgot about one, hiking socks. So I went back and changed my vote.
There’s some as does, and most as ain’t.
Would you ship them in a box?
A big one, not a small one.
Well, the cat likes to gnaw on the big boxes.
Heh, reminds me of a YouTube dachshund named Otto who literally tears boxes open with his teeth. He doesn’t just rip the wrapping paper off or tear off strips, he bites into the boxes and tears holes in them. A perfect little fiend.
Synchronicity! I was listening to a vintage broadcast of The Lone Ranger this morning and can’t remember the specific details, but if I save up 25c and send in a Coupon (pronounced “koo-pon”) I can maybe get some pretty good swag.
Would you ship them with a fox?
I am relieved that I am not the only person who didn’t have my facts straight about the War of 1812.
In case you didn’t look it up, the answer is: the British burned both the White House and the Capitol, along with the Treasury building, Washington Navy Yard, and the home of the State, War and Navy departments.[1] It’s probably easier to list the government buildings they didn’t burn down.
I object to the term “burned down”. That means something different than just burned or set on fire.
That’s just not cricket!
Coincidentally, i just had my blood drawn. I’m not sure my behavior is consistent, but i often watch after the needle is set. (But not as they stab me.)
If I don’t watch the entire process I’ll get dizzy. I know it’s counterintuitive, but it’s the way it is.
I watch everything. It’s never bothered me. Some phlebotomists habitually say “look away” right before they insert the needle; I assure them that I’m fine. 
I get stuck so often that it doesn’t bother me and I like to see the whole thing: the stick, the draw, blood burbling into the vial, the switching of vials (when necessary), just everything. I also like to praise the phlebotomist if the stick is particularly good (that is, painless). If you’re my phlebotomist and I don’t say, “Good stick!”, that means it hurt.