Dec 25, 2014 · Jesu, tibi sit gloria, Latin used Iesus/Jesus in the nominative, Iesum/Jesum in the accusative, and yea Iesu/Jesu for everything else, notably including the vocative. This is highly …

May 7, 2015 · AD is an abbreviation of anno Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, Latin for "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ". The era we now call BC used to be known as "a.C.n.", an abbreviation …

Jul 30, 2020 · I found that in Wycliffe's Bible, Jesus Christ is spelt as "Jhesu Crist". Why was it spelt with 'Jh' instead of 'J'?

Jul 3, 2025 · @PeteKirkham I'm not sure that's so much as them using "Jesu's" as a possessive form of "Jesus", as it is them using the alternative translative spelling of "Jesu" for his name, …

Sep 26, 2019 · Here's what The Old Farmer's Almanac has to say about it: “Jimmy Christmas” or “Jiminy Christmas” is a direct reference to Jesus Christ and dates back to 1664, when it was …

Oct 8, 2014 · Jesu Cristo - my personal exclamation in such instances. While in Thailand I often heard something akin to the "aiiyaaa" cited above and even use that myself sometimes.

Jun 1, 2018 · The phrase "I've got my work cut out for me" I have until now mistaken to mean: "The work that I have to do is largely completed (due to efforts by others beforehand), and …

According to Fowler, according to Truss, the 'rules' for nouns ending in s (and a subset would be plurals ending in s) are: (1) Names ending in an '-iz' sound do not take a second s - Moses'; …

Feb 10, 2019 · JEL's answer covers the earliest instances (that I'm aware of) of jipper —the probable antecedent of jippo —in the relevant sense. With regard to the etymology of jipper, I …

Nov 11, 2013 · Lacrimosa dies illa Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce, Deus: Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen. It all comes back to a lacrima …