by Dictionary Scoop English is a very welcoming language in that it incorporates terms from many other languages from all over the world. And Native American languages have lent many of their words and terms to English speakers. Some traveled through Spanish or French before settling into English, and others arrived directly through …
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The Colorful Military History Of M&Ms
by Kevin Burton Let’s all salute innovation and progress today and tomorrow by knocking down a couple of packs of M&Ms. Let’s do so under the heading, “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand, stays on your waistline.” M&Ms are 83 years old as of tomorrow. Forrest Mars secured a patent …
Noisy Cauliflower, A Growing Concern?
by Kevin Burton Certain food just calls out my name. Pizza comes to mind. Know what I mean? And it doesn’t have to shout either. I am listening for its call on Friday nights, really most nights. I haven’t heard too much from cauliflower though. But last week I learned I should …
Chocolate And More Words From The Aztecs
by Kevin Burton If you have an appetite for words and/or dinner and dessert, you’re in the right place. One of the recent Words at Play columns from Merriam-Webster featured words from the Aztecs, who lived in central Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. The language they spoke (and about …
Quibbles And Bits: Chiefs An Evil Empire?
by Kevin Burton Today, some updates, passing asides and leftovers from previous posts. When I cook these up together, I call them quibbles and bits. Come and get it!: From my two posts about favorite duets: I can not overstate how much I love much of the work of Paul McCartney. …
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These Guys Were Really Into Chocolate
by Kevin Burton More than once I’ve gotten myself into a sticky situation and needed rescuing, but never like this. Two workers were rescued by firefighters after falling into a vat of chocolate at the Mars-Wrigley plant in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania June 9. “It’s a real life Willy Wonka story,” wrote http://www.entrepreneur.com. “At …
A Message In Your Valentines Candy?
by Kevin Burton Researching material for this Valentine’s Day post has been a labor of love. See what I did there? It gets better though kids, because I got some help from Good Housekeeping magazine. GH had a lot to say about Valentine’s Day in an article written by Amanda Hawkins and …
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