Did you ever wonder why we capitalize the pronoun “I,” but not any other pronoun? Also, the romantic story behind the term halcyon days, the origin of the phrase “like white on rice,” and the linguistic scuttlebutt on the word scuttlebutt. Plus, a...
Grant wraps up with some Hawaiian riddles from the book Riddling Tales from around the World, by Marjorie Dundas, including this one: This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Hawaiian Riddles” So I was reading some Hawaiian folklore. I was...
repot v.— «“I’d never stayed anywhere longer than five years before I came here,” Meza said of his conviction that a thriving ministerial career requires frequent repotting. “Several times I’ve wanted to leave here but there always was unfinished...
