digitS'
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Do you ever play at thefreedictionary 's homepage with their word games?
Words with Friends app?
Scrabble after dinner?
Steve
Words with Friends app?
Scrabble after dinner?
Steve
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Just texting is often a word game for me....
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Thank you, Steve. I love words and word games. Never heard of the site. I will have to try it out. Of course, housework will have to suffer as I can't slight the garden to play.
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I love scrabble and crossword puzzles. The Washington Post Crossword is angst free, as it lets you know if you choose the wrong letter.
I'll have to check out the freedictionary. Honestly, never heard of it. (I live a sheltered life)
I'll have to check out the freedictionary. Honestly, never heard of it. (I live a sheltered life)
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digitS'
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They are real simple, on thefreedictionary site. I just get their word of the day/quote of the day and will play the odd quick game, sometimes.
My son likes to play words with friends with me. I don't know why. I work so (too) hard to beat the pants off him ... ha! Really, I'd rather not!
I was never much good at crosswords, better at giving help.
Steve
My son likes to play words with friends with me. I don't know why. I work so (too) hard to beat the pants off him ... ha! Really, I'd rather not!
I was never much good at crosswords, better at giving help.
Steve
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digitS'
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I was looking at the Italian name for tomato, pomodoro. I'm not 100% sure how much I can trust wikidictionary but they say, "From pomo di moro (“fruit of the Moors”); commonly and incorrectly claimed to be pomo d'oro (“apples of gold”)."
We revise things, try to make up for earlier mistakes ... Of course, the tomato was a New World fruit. Maybe the Spanish had already helped the North Americans with the Indian word tomato by the time Italian immigrants popularized the use of the fruit as food. Seems like that is how I remember the story.
The Italian word pomo is related to English pome, the fruit of things like tomatoes, apples, plums, etc. The tomato wasn't "the fruit of the Moors."
It reminds me of the name for the bird, the turkey. Shoot. How is even possible that the country and the bird have the same name???
Now, realize that I'm no expert on these sorts of things, but I remember the history of that bird showing up in Europe started people wondering where it came from. Instead of correctly identifying it as a New World species, its homeland was misassigned ... to Turkey!
Steve
We revise things, try to make up for earlier mistakes ... Of course, the tomato was a New World fruit. Maybe the Spanish had already helped the North Americans with the Indian word tomato by the time Italian immigrants popularized the use of the fruit as food. Seems like that is how I remember the story.
The Italian word pomo is related to English pome, the fruit of things like tomatoes, apples, plums, etc. The tomato wasn't "the fruit of the Moors."
It reminds me of the name for the bird, the turkey. Shoot. How is even possible that the country and the bird have the same name???
Now, realize that I'm no expert on these sorts of things, but I remember the history of that bird showing up in Europe started people wondering where it came from. Instead of correctly identifying it as a New World species, its homeland was misassigned ... to Turkey!
Steve
