Monday, January 23, 2023

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homograph \HOM-uh-graf\, noun:

• A word of the same written form as another but of different meaning, whether pronounced the same way or not.

Homograph conbines the Greek roots homos, "same," and graphos, "drawn or written."

 

Do I smell popcorn?

• Phrase uttered when you have passed a particularly pungent bubble of gas that you are so proud of you want everyone to take a deep whiff.

We all knew we were in trouble when Amber asked, "Do I smell popcorn?" we just didn't know that it was lethal.

 

History

• Shaanxi Earthquake: deadliest earthquake in recorded history shook central and eastern China, killing more than 800,000 (1556)
  

  
• Election Day: date for national elections was set by US Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (1845)
• Elizabeth Blackwell: became the first female physician in the US, graduating first in her class from Geneva Medical College (1849)
• Roots: the mini-series based on Alex Haley's epic novel began on ABC (1977)
• Daniel Pearl: reporter for The Wall Street Journal was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan; he was killed less than a month later (2002)

Birthdays

• John Hancock 1737
• Edouard Manet 1832
• Joseph Nathan Kane 1899
• Randolph Scott 1903
• Dan Duryea 1907
• David Duncan 1916
• Ernie Kovacs 1919
• Ray Abrams 1920
• Marty Paich 1925
• Jeanne Moreau 1928
• Ken Errair (The Four Freshmen) 1928
• Chita Rivera 1933
• Lou Antonio 1934
• Eugene Church 1938
• Johnny Russel 1940
• Gil Gerard 1943
• Rutger Hauer 1944
• Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) 1944
• Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) 1948
• Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver) 1950
• Bill Cunningham (The Box Tops) 1950
• Danny Federici (E Street Band) 1950
• Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 1953
• Princess Caroline of Monaco 1957
• Anita Baker 1958
• Earl Falconer (UB40) 1959
• Gail O'Grady 1963
• Mariska Hargitay 1964
• Marc Nelson 1971
• Tiffany-Amber Thiessen 1974
  Tito Ortiz (MMA) 1975