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Monday, June 14, 2004JAWS, MUSCLES, LAUGHTERJaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing. Aside:... And you wonder why biting your tongue is so painful? Lab tests can detect traces of alcohol in urine six to 12 hours after a person has stopped drinking. Aside:... Always knew alcohol was... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 4:53 AM Comments (0) (link) Sunday, June 13, 2004A WHOLE LOTTA LEARNING GOING ON!The slash character is called a virgule, or solidus. A URL uses slash characters, not back slash characters. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 11:00 AM Comments (2) (link) Saturday, June 12, 2004WORDS & DEFINITIONSThe 'y' in signs reading "ye olde.." is properly pronounced with a 'th' sound, not 'y'. The "th" sound does not exist in Latin, so ancient Roman occupied (present day) England use the rune (letter from early German alphabet) "thorn" to represent "th" sounds. With the advent of the printing press the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 7:15 AM Comments (0) (link) Friday, June 11, 2004WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF???Do you have any phobias? Here's a small listing...... Fear of ageing.....gerascophobia Fear of beards.....pogonophobia Fear of responsibility......hypengyophobia Fear of trees.....dendrophobia Fear of laughter....gelophobia Fear of washing oneself.....ablutophobia ASIDE.... It is simply amazing the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 7:17 AM Comments (0) (link) Thursday, June 10, 2004FINGER PRINTS & RUBBING NAVELSThe fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene. Aside:... That scenario would indeed cause some confusion. The correct response to the Irish greeting, "Top of the morning to you," is "and the rest of the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by word.smith at 4:32 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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