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Cretins and Cretans
Cretans are people from the island of Crete.
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The Importance of Exportant
The word important is… well, important.
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They Still Speak Latin
As the Roman Empire spread, so did its culture and language.
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Andrew Smith
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Bom Dia!
All throughout Central and South America, you’ll find the Spanish language dominating almost everywhere.
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Andrew Smith
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Punctuation
Writing has been around in some form for at least 5200 years.
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Combing the Desert
The movie Spaceballs is fantastic.
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Andrew Smith
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I Am Not a Crook
Crooked! The word sounds magical, almost like it’s been with us forever.
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Andrew Smith
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Open Up and Say Uvula
That little dangly thing all the way at the back of your mouth is called a uvula. In Latin, uva means grape, so uvula is something like “little grape.”
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There's a Bathroom on the Right
I’ve written about mondegreens before.
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Less Time, Fewer Minutes
You can’t count time.
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To Boldly Go
William Shatner’s unmistakable voice opens the original Star Trek series.
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Cache and Cachet
This thing really has cachet!
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Andrew Smith
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