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San Antonio's Cuban-Mexican fusion restaurant Paladar excels at breaking the rules
San Antonio Current· 3 days agoMy ancient, but presumably still dependable, Velázquez Spanish-English dictionary defines the word...
'Dating other people saved our marriage'
BBC News· 20 hours agoLooking back, the sex educator, from Brentry in Bristol, said she had always felt that way but never knew how to act on it. Here, she invites us to learn...
Opera brings to life the poignant fate of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
The Forward· 4 days agoThis is the story of Yudel Mark, who, along with his colleague and rival, Max Weinreich, saw this ...
'Run for their money': Why do we say this, plus ‘par for the course’ and more? 3 fun origin stories
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe sports field has inspired many popular expressions today, including "par for the course" and "a...
"Hacks" wonders why saying sorry is rare in comedy
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat’s like Polish people making lightbulbs!” and an inhumane zinger about migrants (“If we’re going to leave water at the border for these people, we...
People With Commonly Autocorrected Names Call For Tech Firms To Fix Problem - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People whose names get mangled by autocorrect have urged technology companies to fix the problem faster, with one person whose name gets ...
'I Am Not a Typo' campaign fights autocorrect "bias" against names
TechSpot· 4 days agoA campaign in the UK is trying to draw attention to this issue and wants tech companies to do something about it. The aptly-named am "I am not a typo" campaign says that 41% (nearly 6,000 out ...
These North Texas cafes are the cat’s meow
Dallas Morning News· 6 days agoWhile fairly new to Dallas, cat cafes have been around for a while. The next year, the Oxford English Dictionary added the term “cat cafe,” and now there...
Why do teens say, ‘Fax, No Printer’?
The Today Show via AOL· 6 days agoWright says inspiration for the slang is older than a fax machine itself. “The use of ‘fax’ as a fun phonetic play on ‘facts’ dates back to at least...
R.O. Kwon on Alexander Chee, 'Sister Outsider,' and The Book That Everyone Should Read
Elle via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA little while ago, after I published my first novel, I bought a used set of the 20-volume Oxford ...
