Sunday, June 14, 2015

aver \uh-VUR\, transitive verb:

1. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
2. (Law) To assert, claim, or declare as a fact.

Aver is from Old French-Medieval French averer, from Medieval Latin adverare, to confirm as authentic, from Latin ad-, ad- + Medieval Latin verare, from Latin verus, true. Other words deriving from verus are very, which sometimes has the sense of "true"; verify, to prove the truth of; and verdict, a decision or judgment, literally a "true-saying" (verus + dictum, saying). 

Let you go 

• I want to get off the phone now because I hate talking to you, but I'll pretend that I'm being polite by letting you go back to whatever boring crap you would be doing if you weren't talking to me.

Them: So then he said it was benign but I should probably get it removed. And I said-

You: Wow! That's nuts! Hey look, I'm sure you've got a lot of stuff to take care of. I'm gonna let you go. Bye.

Them: Oh, uh, yeah. Bye.

Holiday

• Flag Day (US)

History

• Munich: Benedictine monks founded the Bavarian city on the banks of the Isar River (1158)
• US Army: was founded to fight the British (1775)
• Bear Flag Revolt: the California Republic was declared by Sonoma settlers while California was still ruled by Mexico (1846)
• UNIVAC I: the first commercial computer was dedicated at the US Census Bureau (1951)
• Pledge of Allegiance: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" (1954)
• Falkland Islands: military dispute ended as Argentine forces surrendered to the British (1982)

Birthdays

• Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811
• Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax 1848
• Burl Ives 1909
• Dorothy McGuire 1916
• Sam Wanamaker 1919
• Gene Barry 1921
• Pierre Salinger 1925
• Don Newcombe 1926 - Baseball player
• Cy Coleman 1928
• Che Guevarra 1928 - racist socialist
• Marla Gibbs 1931 - Actress, producer
• Jerzy Kosinski 1933
• Jack Bannon 1940
• Muff Winwood 1943 - Musician (Spencer Davis Group)
• Rod Argent 1945 - Musician (The Zombies, Argent)
• Donald Trump 1946 - Real estate developer, television personality
• Barry Melton 1947 - Musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
• Alan White 1949 - Musician (Yes)
• Eddie Mekka 1952 - Actor ("Laverne and Shirley")
• Will Patton 1954 - Actor
• Eric Heiden 1958 - Olympic gold-medal speed skater
• Boy George (George O'Dowd) 1961 - Singer (Culture Club)
• Chris DeGarmo 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
• Yasmine Bleeth 1968 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Steffi Graf 1969 - Tennis player
• Traylor Howard 1971 - Actress ("Monk," "Two Guys and a Girl")
• Diablo Cody 1978 - Screenwriter ("Juno")
• Kevin McHale 1988 - Actor ("Glee")