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  1. What's the difference between "lonely" and "lonesome"

    Sep 27, 2012 · Take "lonesome" seriously -- it differs culturally, linguistically, "conceptually" from our depressive "lonely," owned as it is by the shrinks. It's a feeling-perception, open-ended, …

  2. Is there any implication of drunkenness in "high lonesome" as …

    Sep 24, 2024 · Wiktionary has the following entry for "high lonesome sound": high lonesome sound (music) An expressively emotional, powerful and earthy style of musical …

  3. What does “on’ry” mean in “I Wonder As I Wander”?

    Dec 1, 2013 · There are not many references to the contraction, but a 1973 Waylon Jennings album is entitled Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean. I believe that this usage, also, is pointing …

  4. What's an adjective for "alone but not lonely"?

    May 28, 2017 · For example, I'm an introvert. I've been telling people that I'm a lonesome person because I prefer being alone. Being alone does not make me feel lonely. However, now that I …

  5. Would it be correct to say, "I'm walking by my own"?

    Apr 1, 2016 · The usual idiom is I'm walking on my own, which could be a small child pointing out that they were walking unaided for the first time (unlikely since this stage of development …

  6. capitalization - Should the footnote be capitalized? - English …

    Apr 28, 2015 · If we refer a textual content in a footnote, should it be capitalized or not? Here is an example: The proposed method is only working well with homogeneous space and it fails if the …

  7. She [,] as well as I [,] (am/is/are?) tired of the work

    Jan 13, 2015 · In my view 'as well as' does not change anything, interestingly it transforms the subject 'She' into plural as in: United States Congressional serial set - Volume 11731 - Page …

  8. Unanswered Questions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Is there any implication of drunkenness in "high lonesome" as used in the term "high lonesome sound"? Wiktionary has the following entry for "high lonesome sound": high lonesome sound …

  9. A word/phrase describing the sound of leaves?

    Oct 8, 2015 · The horror of the situation was only heightened by the lonesome sound of the leaves scratching and scraping one another. Or for a pleasant scenario: The leaves hummed …

  10. Where did the expression "it's lonely at the top" come from?

    Feb 12, 2015 · Some variations of this are it's lonely at the top but you eat better and it's lonely at the top but the view is nice a look at google ngrams seems to suggest it started to pick up in …