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Ding! In this week’s episode, Mark Twain would be pleased. Reports that it’s the end of the line for the typewriter have been greatly exaggerated. Well, slightly anyway: it’s not the horseless carriage return yet. Martha and Grant...
It’s the wacky title of a new book by language enthusiast Elizabeth Little which has Martha and Grant talking about whether Coca-Cola and Chevy ran into cultural translation problems when selling products abroad. Did the Chevy Nova really sell...
petroliana n.— «That’s spawned a legion of hobbyists who hoard auto-related collectibles. People go crazy over what’s called “petroliana,” service station artifacts like signs, gas pumps and globes, oil cans, car wax tins and...
ear candling n.— «Ear candling, or coning as it is sometimes called, is believed to have originated thousands of years ago—perhaps among the Egyptians—as a therapeutic way to draw wax and toxins out of the ear.» —“Ear candling a hot...
coning n.— «Ear candling, or coning as it is sometimes called, is believed to have originated thousands of years ago—perhaps among the Egyptians—as a therapeutic way to draw wax and toxins out of the ear.» —“Ear candling a hot topic...
MP3Jing n.— «Welcome to No Wax—the UK’s first MP3Jing evenings, where ordinary punters get the chance to publicly show off the music stored inside their MP3 players.» —“Turning the digital tables” by Julie Clothier in...