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Is it “pour over” or “pore over”?
This is Worf. He is a Klingon. And he will help you learn about idioms. Nancy pours over her Klingon textbook the night before the big test. Nancy pores over her Klingon textbook the night before the...
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Erbs and herbs
British people call those green things you keep in your spice rack herbs, pronouncing the H. Here in America, We call ‘em erbs, without the H sound. Is one way more correct than the other? Well, no....
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Solstice
Today is the summer solstice, the day that starts the summer season, which also happens to be the day in which we have the most hours of sunlight. Merriam-Webster defines solstice as: one of the two...
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A villainous etymology
villain: a character in a story, movie, etc., who does bad things —Merriam-Webster I’ve been on a major Shakespeare kick lately. One thing I noticed in my devouring of his plays is how many times the...
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