More like you were on your back lying about using your fingers to text, you preeevert. Spoiler You gotta use your thumbs in that position.
To usher. I tried to google if the word sounds more as British or as American but could not see how to tell.
usher from ''usherette''? I think it is american. The idea of selling food in the cinemas is american I believe. The same with the word ''launderette''.
I grew up using that word and I'm American, if that helps? ---------- Today I learned the word downwelling. It means "[an] accumulation and sinking of higher density material beneath lower density material, such as cold or saline water beneath warmer or fresher water or cold air beneath warm air," but I picked it up from a phrase in an article. "...a downwelling of light..." It sorta captivated me.
"To usher someone to their seat" = to show them where they're expected to sit. Never heard of katina's "usherette," sounds like an outmoded gendering of the job of usher to me. We had ushers in church when I was growing up, they'd give you the program/schedule of the service. I went to a live music/art show (Blue Man Group) recently with reserved seating and the usher took us to our seats.
^Thus Spake Zarathustra --- Learned a lot of new livestock words today in my Nature of Language class. A castrated male horse is a gelding. Foal is a young horse of either sex (less than one year's old I believe). A castrated male sheep is a wether. A female pig is called a gilt if she hasn't had piglets yet (and yes, they're called piglets), or a sow if she has.
You are correct. My 92 year-old aunt speaks fondly of her first job, as "usherette" at a grand movie palace. She says they wore "nice navy blue uniforms with brass buttons and a cute little hat."
I was in one of those weird windows where blues weren't issued though, and just after I graduated they became issue items, making them almost impossible to get normally. Had to buy my set off of a guy who had made some poor financial decisions, wore them maybe twice. Damn fine looking uniform though. Those were the days.
Ash wore a skirt??? New word: hamartia (noun): a fatal flaw that often leads to failure, or a critical shortcoming
For some reason, the word uproarious has been stuck in my head since yesterday. No matter how much I try, I can't stop thinking about it. Pretty nice sounding word though.
Dog n. A domesticated carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris syn. Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) occurring as a wide variety of breeds, many of which are traditionally used for hunting, herding, drawing sleds, and other tasks, and are kept as pets.