Quiz Guy John Chaneski tests our knowledge of Latin by way of brand awareness this week with a game about brands like Lego, which takes its name from Danish “leg godt,” meaning “play well.” As it happens, the Latin term lego might be loosely...
The word yannigan, meaning “a member of a scrub team in baseball,” may come from an alteration of “young one.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Yannigan” Grant, please spell Yannigan. Yannigan. Y-A-N-N-I-G-A-N. Yannigan. Yes...
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