Word of the Day
Therefore
Ergo
This Brit's own poor childhood inspired him to write books like David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
– Mark Twain
What do you call the fear of cooking?
Mageirocophobia takes on different forms. It’s only considered a phobia once it interferes with someone’s daily life.
How many languages are there in the world?
7,000 and decreasing
Anything of immense size and power
Leviathan
Her books like Sense and Sensibility have a lot to do with love & marriage, but she never married
Jane Austen
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
– Harriet Tubman
Which President brought Mac & Cheese to America?
Thomas Jefferson The US President encountered the dish in Paris and decided to bring the recipe back to Monticello
What language has the most speakers, including both native and non-native?
English
Very fervent; Extremely ardent, impassioned
Perfervid
Worked for two years at the Oxford English Dictionary. He researched the etymology of words starting with "W" before creating his own elvish language.
RR Tolkien.
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
– Leonardo Da Vinci
is the most popular blue cheese in the UK, with over 1 million cheeses made per year. Geronimo!!!!!!
Stilton
What language has the most native speakers?
Mandarin has the most native speakers with 917 million, Spanish moves into second (460 million), English in third (379 million) and lastly Hindi (341 million).
Garboil?
Confusion
she worked as a Civil War nurse in Washington, D.C.
Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Pablo Picasso
What unlikely medical use has been found for coconut water?
blood plasma in emergencies
Which trio of languages is the most mutually intelligible?
A-Spanish, Italian, French B-German, English, Ducth C-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
C-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
While these languages have their surface differences, the people who speak these Nordic tongues are generally able to understand each other.
How is"obstreperous" defined?
Noisy, boisterous, clamorous
She liked to think out her stories while eating apples and relaxing in a warm bath. As of today, she remains the bestselling murder mystery novelist of all time, so her method obviously worked!
Agatha Christie
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
– Albert Einstein
What is the only U.S. state to grow coffee beans?
Hawaii
Which language is the common ancestor for all of the Romance languages?
A-Vulgar Latin
B-Hellenic
C-Proto Italian D- Romanian
If you trace back all of the Romance languages, which include Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and dozens more, they're all descended from Vulgar Latin.