Supposedly in 1796 the final words of Russian Empress Catherine the Great were: ldquo;I shall be an autocrat: thatrsquo;s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that is his.rdquo; SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try

David asked about the word ascribe which literally means ldquo;to write.rdquo; SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days He says ldquo;Why do we lsquo;write ontorsquo; someone or something that the a

Although the average age of people getting married in North America is creeping upward, people still tend to do it. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days We havenrsquo;t yet come up with a univer

I chose the word skeptical because I was wondering where the phrase ldquo;to take something with a grain of saltrdquo; came from. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days Of course if you are told t

One of the efforts people are making to try and reduce the amount of energy they use is to replace their old light bulbs with the new spiral compact fluorescent kind. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE fo

Lewis Carolrsquo;s work Through the Looking Glass wasnrsquo;t called Through the Mirror and that made me wonder if mirror was a word that came along more recently. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 3

Is the game of squash named in any relation to the vegetable squash and either of them related to the action of squashing something? Yes, they are all relatedmdash;sort of. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting

The Devilrsquo;s Dictionary tells us that weather is: A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. In fact weathe

Today I was given a demonstration of a rescue sled for injured skiers. The rescue team had the whole kit; oxygen bottle, defibrillator, the works. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days They were

Brent asks, with respect to the word bachelor ldquo;What do an unmarried man and a four year college degree have in common; and which came first?rdquo; SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days They