xii, ‘Nubbing Cheat’, cries Partridge, ‘pray, Sir, what is that?’Ibid. xv. xii, ‘What is the Name of the Street?’ cries Jones.1782F. Burney Cecilia vii. ii, Odd people? and in what are we so very odd?1853C
The name Phyllis is agirl'sname of Greek origin meaning "green bough". Phyllis has been used by classical poets for the idealized pastoral maiden. What was Phyllis nickname? At the wedding, Michael reveals that Phyllis's nickname in high school was"Easy Rider". In a deleted scene from "Bus...
This is because of its long limbs, which one might look at and call it “cursorial adaptation” but our analysis reveals the tradeoffs of that; as limb length goes up, EMA goes down, and that negatively impacts athletic abilities. All the more reason to be wary of simplistic length-speed...
I wasn’t anti-social but as the sole giant, hairy, Iron Maiden shirt-wearing metalhead 6th grader, I was quickly singled out as the monkey with the white white stripe and picked on pretty regularly by a contingent of meat-headed kids that I quickly identified as the 8th grade jocks, th...
and sins - e.g. the double crime of David, mentioned in the Bible, which, according to the Law of Moses, is punishable by death - which, let alone a prophet who is a chosen worshiper of God the Almighty, we would not even think of attaching to the name of an ordinary human ...
Spanish speakers use it as a feminine diminutive ofJosé(“God shall add”). [add “joyful” etymology] However you arrive at the meaning of the name, it’s wildly popular around the globe, and no less so in Haiti. Also spelledJOCELYN(which is also the male form),JOCELENE, andJOSELAIN...
falls in love with her after she dies. Penthesilea is described as being “of Thracian birth.” Thrace was the ancient name for the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula, corresponding to modern Bulgaria and adjacent parts of Greece and Turkey. Thus southernmost Thrace was just across the Dardan...