[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

Photography Forum - Your Own Photos - Proclivities - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:33am
 
Mixtape Culture Club - ColdMiser - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:26am
 
NY Times Strands - Bill_J - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:18am
 
Vinyl Only Spin List - ColdMiser - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:15am
 
NYTimes Connections - Bill_J - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:13am
 
Wordle - daily game - JrzyTmata - Apr 25, 2024 - 7:02am
 
Radio Paradise Comments - Beez - Apr 25, 2024 - 6:32am
 
The Obituary Page - kurtster - Apr 25, 2024 - 5:42am
 
Today in History - DaveInSaoMiguel - Apr 25, 2024 - 3:21am
 
Joe Biden - Steely_D - Apr 25, 2024 - 1:33am
 
What's that smell? - Manbird - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:27pm
 
Things You Thought Today - oldviolin - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:23pm
 
Song of the Day - oldviolin - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:20pm
 
Ask an Atheist - oldviolin - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:09pm
 
April 2024 Photo Theme - Happenstance - oldviolin - Apr 24, 2024 - 9:50pm
 
Trump - Isabeau - Apr 24, 2024 - 3:02pm
 
260,000 Posts in one thread? - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Apr 24, 2024 - 10:55am
 
Would you drive this car for dating with ur girl? - rgio - Apr 24, 2024 - 8:44am
 
TV shows you watch - Beaker - Apr 24, 2024 - 7:32am
 
The Moon - haresfur - Apr 23, 2024 - 9:29pm
 
Dialing 1-800-Manbird - Bill_J - Apr 23, 2024 - 7:15pm
 
China - R_P - Apr 23, 2024 - 5:35pm
 
Israel - black321 - Apr 23, 2024 - 2:24pm
 
Economix - islander - Apr 23, 2024 - 12:11pm
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - Apr 23, 2024 - 11:05am
 
One Partying State - Wyoming News - sunybuny - Apr 23, 2024 - 6:53am
 
YouTube: Music-Videos - Red_Dragon - Apr 22, 2024 - 7:42pm
 
Ukraine - haresfur - Apr 22, 2024 - 6:19pm
 
songs that ROCK! - Steely_D - Apr 22, 2024 - 1:50pm
 
Bug Reports & Feature Requests - q4Fry - Apr 22, 2024 - 11:57am
 
Republican Party - R_P - Apr 22, 2024 - 9:36am
 
Mini Meetups - Post Here! - ScottFromWyoming - Apr 22, 2024 - 8:59am
 
Malaysia - dcruzj - Apr 22, 2024 - 7:30am
 
Canada - westslope - Apr 22, 2024 - 6:23am
 
Russia - NoEnzLefttoSplit - Apr 22, 2024 - 1:03am
 
Broccoli for cats - you gotta see this! - Bill_J - Apr 21, 2024 - 6:16pm
 
Name My Band - DaveInSaoMiguel - Apr 21, 2024 - 3:06pm
 
Main Mix Playlist - thisbody - Apr 21, 2024 - 12:04pm
 
George Orwell - oldviolin - Apr 21, 2024 - 11:36am
 
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •  - oldviolin - Apr 20, 2024 - 7:44pm
 
What Did You See Today? - Welly - Apr 20, 2024 - 4:50pm
 
Radio Paradise on multiple Echo speakers via an Alexa Rou... - victory806 - Apr 20, 2024 - 2:11pm
 
Libertarian Party - R_P - Apr 20, 2024 - 11:18am
 
Remembering the Good Old Days - kurtster - Apr 20, 2024 - 2:37am
 
The Abortion Wars - Red_Dragon - Apr 19, 2024 - 9:07pm
 
Words I didn't know...yrs ago - Bill_J - Apr 19, 2024 - 7:06pm
 
Things that make you go Hmmmm..... - Bill_J - Apr 19, 2024 - 6:59pm
 
Baseball, anyone? - Red_Dragon - Apr 19, 2024 - 6:51pm
 
MILESTONES: Famous People, Dead Today, Born Today, Etc. - Bill_J - Apr 19, 2024 - 6:44pm
 
2024 Elections! - steeler - Apr 19, 2024 - 5:49pm
 
Country Up The Bumpkin - KurtfromLaQuinta - Apr 19, 2024 - 7:55am
 
how do you feel right now? - miamizsun - Apr 19, 2024 - 6:02am
 
When I need a Laugh I ... - miamizsun - Apr 19, 2024 - 5:43am
 
Live Music - oldviolin - Apr 18, 2024 - 3:24pm
 
What Makes You Laugh? - oldviolin - Apr 18, 2024 - 2:49pm
 
Robots - miamizsun - Apr 18, 2024 - 2:18pm
 
Museum Of Bad Album Covers - Steve - Apr 18, 2024 - 6:58am
 
Europe - haresfur - Apr 17, 2024 - 6:47pm
 
Business as Usual - black321 - Apr 17, 2024 - 1:48pm
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - VV - Apr 17, 2024 - 1:26pm
 
Science in the News - Red_Dragon - Apr 17, 2024 - 11:14am
 
Magic Eye optical Illusions - Proclivities - Apr 17, 2024 - 10:08am
 
Just for the Haiku of it. . . - oldviolin - Apr 17, 2024 - 9:01am
 
HALF A WORLD - oldviolin - Apr 17, 2024 - 8:52am
 
Little known information... maybe even facts - R_P - Apr 16, 2024 - 3:29pm
 
WTF??!! - rgio - Apr 16, 2024 - 5:23am
 
Australia has Disappeared - haresfur - Apr 16, 2024 - 4:58am
 
Earthquake - miamizsun - Apr 16, 2024 - 4:46am
 
It's the economy stupid. - miamizsun - Apr 16, 2024 - 4:28am
 
Eclectic Sound-Drops - thisbody - Apr 14, 2024 - 11:27am
 
Synchronization - ReggieDXB - Apr 13, 2024 - 11:40pm
 
Other Medical Stuff - geoff_morphini - Apr 13, 2024 - 7:54am
 
Photos you have taken of your walks or hikes. - KurtfromLaQuinta - Apr 12, 2024 - 3:50pm
 
Poetry Forum - oldviolin - Apr 12, 2024 - 8:45am
 
Dear Bill - oldviolin - Apr 12, 2024 - 8:16am
 
Index » Regional/Local » Elsewhere » Learn something every day Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9  Next
Post to this Topic
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Sep 1, 2023 - 4:28pm

Some people have all the fun: 


oldviolin

oldviolin Avatar

Location: esse quam videri
Gender: Male


Posted: Sep 1, 2023 - 2:40pm

 lily34 wrote:
 miamizsun wrote:

your big head is why.
 
nailed it...
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Sep 1, 2023 - 2:01pm

The Cap'n Crunch Crew:

GeneP59

GeneP59 Avatar

Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday.
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 2:33pm

And here I thought a hippocampus was where hippo’s go to college.  
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 1:46pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Maybe not surprising:

When I was designing the t-shirt for the "Seahorse Magic Sauce", I wanted to use the proper Latin name as the name of the food company - it is "hippocampus" (from Greek).  I had to dig into it more and found out that the part of the human brain was named for its resemblance to a sea horse.
ScottFromWyoming

ScottFromWyoming Avatar

Location: Powell
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 11:43am

 Proclivities wrote:
Maybe not surprising:


lily34

lily34 Avatar

Location: GTFO
Gender: Female


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 8:57am

 miamizsun wrote:






your big head is why.
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 7:13am

 lily34 wrote:


ok, but not because you said so.




lily34

lily34 Avatar

Location: GTFO
Gender: Female


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 7:12am

 miamizsun wrote:


what about manbird and oldviolin?
bet you never thought about that did ya?


ok, but not because you said so.
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 26, 2023 - 6:56am

 Proclivities wrote:

what about manbird and oldviolin?
bet you never thought about that did ya?
lily34

lily34 Avatar

Location: GTFO
Gender: Female


Posted: Jul 14, 2023 - 5:06am

 Proclivities wrote:

i just saw this. very interesting!
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Jul 7, 2023 - 9:40am

Linguistic Siblings: 9 Pairs of Words With Surprisingly Shared Etymologies
Antigone

Antigone Avatar

Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
Gender: Female


Posted: Mar 2, 2021 - 4:50pm

An air fryer “oven” is essentially a convection oven.  Thanks, haresfur!
miamizsun

miamizsun Avatar

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 2, 2021 - 2:32pm


sirdroseph

sirdroseph Avatar

Location: Not here, I tell you wat
Gender: Male


Posted: Mar 2, 2021 - 4:50am

Took me 55 years to finally realize that Led Zepplin is the greatest band ever.  Strange that.{#Stupid}
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 3, 2020 - 11:31am


Antigone

Antigone Avatar

Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
Gender: Female


Posted: Dec 20, 2018 - 2:28pm

When making pound cakes, DO line the pans with waxed/parchment paper. Luckily it was only one of four, and it's mine.

maryte

maryte Avatar

Location: Blinding You With Library Science!
Gender: Female


Posted: Jun 12, 2017 - 12:25pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Mostly medieval or Elizabethan.

 
Well, there you go then!
Proclivities

Proclivities Avatar

Location: Paris of the Piedmont
Gender: Male


Posted: Jun 12, 2017 - 12:25pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I learned it as duffel bag and was always a little surprised to see reference materials say it's okay or preferred to use duffle bag. It's like someone is actually trying to actively force the accepted spelling to be duffle, but not many are going along with it.

duffel bag vs. duffle bag

 
I learned the "duffel" spelling as well, though I do see the "le" spelling pretty often.  I didn't know it was named for a place; I assumed it was someone's last name, like "leotard", or maybe just a French term for "satchel" or something.
Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Jun 12, 2017 - 12:22pm

 maryte wrote:

Well, depending on which time period is in question, it was first used as early as 1839.

 
Mostly medieval or Elizabethan.
Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9  Next