Far East Bowling
Posted 2 Sep 2010
Ever wonder where bowling came from? Well, I was fortunate enough to have a fortune cookie.
Little did ye know, bowling was actually an ancient Chinese pastime, called bao ling qiu. It was a great point of emperor contention, and for its infamy was whisked by Marco Polo back to the West, whereupon the qiu was dropped, words were Romanized, and the West was infatuated.
And if you didn’t know much about Tanzania, know that it’s the birthplace of pikapu, known in the US as “pick-up trucks”.
CMD fans, tell us more about your favorite words that are English in appearance yet foreign in parentage? Or admittedly, the other way around?
Can’t we just talk it out?
Posted 30 Aug 2010
Events, Language, People | 1 Comment
A headline from the Local News section of the Philadelphia Inquirer caught my attention on Saturday, 28 August.
The headline reads:
Delco to look at prison security
Erroneous releases of prisoners prompts a “serious discussion,” the county executive says.
Well, I certainly am glad that the Delaware County powers that be will at least have a serious discussion about the potential problems that might arise from mistakenly letting people out of jail. That brings some comfort to all us, I should think.
The funny and the concerning
Posted 23 Aug 2010
Blog, Daily Life, Language | 3 Comments
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a list of some of the more ‘interesting’ search phrases that have brought visitors to our website. As always, the process of collating the lists for this sort of post brings us great amusement, and at times, concern.
So, here we go …
We hope we are not the only source of reliable information:
- what are the risk assessment for an escalator?
- a 737 plane
- escalator myth busters
- eyjafjallajökull
In the good/reasonable advice column:
- avoid big crotch
Looking for social advice/guidance:
- urinating in lifts in singapore
Questions for the commuter:
- camel is one hump more comfortable?
We can only guess for what they were really searching:
- dog and crotch and jump -smell -sniff -s
- the family pees together
- roman dog likes boys crotch
- rapeseed deer
- stuffed bactrian
Freedom for the Retarders of the Brake!
Posted 20 Aug 2010
It was a sign of protest. It was a call for freedom. It was a demand to let the Brake Retarders live their lives without the yoke of oppression around their necks.
We’re great at experience!
Posted 17 Aug 2010
We’re not entirely sure what they are trying to say, but one this is for sure, they have a lot of history when it comes to experience.
