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Bing vs Ing - What's the difference?

bing | ing |

As proper nouns the difference between bing and ing

is that bing is of (etyl) origin and unknown meaning or bing can be (internet) a search engine introduced by microsoft in 2009 while ing is shortened from inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like ing-britt and ing-marie.

bing

English

(wikipedia bing)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang): Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
  • (British) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap. Cognate with Scots bing.
  • The sound made by a bell, an
    • : Bing ! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times. :: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010 , Jim Rankin http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010) : Bing Bang Boing :: Douglas Florian, 1994 http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcover
  • v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
    • : The Tao of Bada Bing :: David Chase, 2003 http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)

    See also

    * ping * ding * boing * bada bing bada boom

    References

    Anagrams

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    ing

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A water meadow

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Etymology 2

    : From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the ng sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

    Anagrams

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