Since twigs were used for counting items, became a counter word: any items, including people, could be counted as "one, two ", etc. was the most common classifier in use during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period (420 589 CE), but today is no longer a general classifier, and is only used rarely, as a specialized classifier for pins and badges.
Everywhere you look, whether it's on drugstore shelves or at fancy department store beauty counters, words like "natural," "all-natural" and "organic" are everywhere.
The woman behind the counter circled words in a pulpy pamphlet and paid us no mind.
"I remember my mum dropping me off at the CD store and me trying to judge by the guy behind the counter's words or look whether something was cool or not.
And there is a guy on a tall stool at the ticket counter howling words into a microphone that's spurt out through the tent's muffled speakers. .
In Philadelphia this week, we need to counter the harsh words with words of love, the mean spirited messages with words of welcome.
"But she's a woman," our therapist countered, her words slicing through my denial.
There was no American campaign to counter the word on the street; there wasn't even a sense that these subversive rumors posed a serious threat.
That's why when Trump shouts about putting up walls to his 4.3 million Twitter followers, it is critical that we, who know better, repeat louder the counter-balancing words of "love-mongers" like Pope Francis.
Perfume counter, Debenhams: the words intoxicated Willie.
