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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Seeking the Origin of Frappuccino
“You’re right,” said de Sica. “That wasn’t my real question. So how much is it going to cost to get some answers?” “I make two-fifty a day, plus all the Frappuccinos I can drink…if I’m lucky.” He pulled a wallet … Continue reading
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Tagged brand names, cappuccino, English language, frappe, Frappuccino, Starbucks, word origins, words
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Lexie Tells How Starbucks Got Its Name
A tall, broad-shouldered man let a blast of hot dry Santa Ana wind stir the conditioned air as he paused in the doorway. His well-worn jeans fit him like the skin on a grape. He strode in, past the texting … Continue reading
Aster and Disaster
“He loves me. He loves me not,” is an incantation traditionally recited while plucking the petals of a daisy until the last remaining ray of the “day’s eye” reveals the answer. If you removed the star-like rays of an aster … Continue reading
Disheveled but never sheveled
Have you ever been tempted to tell your child, “You look completely disheveled. Go shevel yourself”? Can you be “disheveled” if you’ve never been “sheveled,” or is it “heveled”? It’s neither. “Disheveled” is another “lonely negative,” a negation of a … Continue reading
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Tagged disheveled, dishevelled, English language, lonely negatives, negatives, word origins
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