My word processor changes the form of dashes to something longer sometimes – becomes —. I change it back sometimes. I’m obsessed by punctuation. I bought and read a book on the semi-colon, and love using Oxford commas. This article on Mental Floss outlines the dash or hyphen, the en-dash, and the em-dash (both named …
This Mental Floss article on thirteen archaic terms for burn-out caught my attention. For some reason. If I have to pick a favourite it’d be “Overcark” an “obsolete term from the 14th century means “overwork.” According to the OED, it was created by combining the word over with the word cark, meaning “that which burdens …
Another food history video from Mental Floss; this time featuring Phở . I love Phở as pure comfort food, though probably preferring Laksa as a meal. It depends on mood. (These are completely appropriate thoughts to be posting on Australia Day, though I have already had a BBQ lunch with friends)
This video from Mental Floss is about the relatively recent origin of Pad Thai. Rather than being an ancient traditional dish, it was part of a quite contemporary expression of nationalism by the Thai government in the 20th century. mmm Pad Thai.
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