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S vs Splain - What's the difference?

s | splain |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb splain is

(slang) to explain.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    splain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To explain.
  • * 1881 Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus
    • "Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness."
  • * 1905 R. F. Foster "In Self Defence" in ''The Bookman, vol. 21.
    • "Why, Lor' bless you, I never knew nothing about the rights of them things till you splained them to me yesterday, boss."
  • * 1947 John Avery Lomax Adventures of a Ballad Hunter p. 195
    • "Den," he confided, "I 'splained to de release man 'bout lookin' fur a settin'-down job, an' he jes' sorta motioned to de do'."

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