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troth \ trawth, trohth \ , noun;
- one's word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry.
- faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth.
- truth or verity: in troth.
Origin: Troth entered English in the 1100s from the Middle English trowthe, trouthe meaning "truth." It ultimately comes from the Old English trēowth.
The Spousal We
The Spousal We
- The opposite of the royal we, meaning "you". Used by your significant other to get you to do something.
The Spousal We: "We should clean the bathroon today", or "we should get Johnny to practice his viola more".
History
- Battle of Saratoga: key battle of the American Revolutionary Warended with a major British surrender (1777)
- Al Capone: mobster called Scarface who ruled much of Chicago was finally convicted — of income tax evasion; he served eight years of an 11-year sentence (1931)
- 1973 Oil Crisis: was sparked when OPEC cut oil supplies to nations that supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War
- Jupiter Hammon 1711
- Charles Kraft 1880 - Founder of Kraft
- Spring Byington 1893
- Jean Arthur 1900
- Irene Ryan 1902
- Cozy (William) Cole 1909
- John Mosley 1914
- Jerry Siegel 1914
- Arthur Miller 1915
- Marsha Hunt 1917
- Rita Hayworth 1918
- Elie Abel 1920
- Montgomery Clift 1920
- Julie Adams 1926
- Beverly Garland 1926
- Tom Poston 1927
- Johnny Klippstein (MLB) 1927
- Jimmy Breslin 1930
- Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938
- James Seals (Seals and Crofts) 1940
- Earl Thomas Conley 1941
- Gary Puckett (The Union Gap) 1942
- Bob Seagren 1946
- Jim Tucker (The Turtles) 1946
- Michael McKean 1947
- George Wendt 1948
- Margot Kidder 1948
- Bill Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) 1949
- Howard Rollins 1950
- Sam Bottoms 1955
- Mae Jemison 1956
- Vincent Van Patten 1957
- Alan Jackson 1958
- Mike Judge 1962
- Norm MacDonald 1963
- Ziggy Marley 1968
- Chris Kirkpatrick ('N Sync) 1971
- Eminem 1972
- Felicity Jones 1983
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