Tuesday, June 4, 2019

allochthonous \uh-LOK-thuh-nuhs\, adjective:

• not formed in the region where found.

Allochthonous entered English in the late 19th century. It was modeled as an antonym to autochthonous, meaning "indigenous."
 

Highlingual

• The belief that, when high, you can speak two or more languages. Can be actual knowledge of the language that was forgotten but was remembered because your high. Or a completely false belief (when their translation has nothing to do with the actual translation)

A "Como estas"

B "Bien y tu?"

A "You speak spanish?!"

B "I do when im high"

A "Ah, so your highlingual"

OR

A "Como estas"

B "Si mucho por favor'

A "What?.."

B "I said im high too. You must not know that im highlingual'
 

Trivia 

The first job of which U.S. president was at a Baskin-Robbins shop, where he scooped ice cream during high-school summer vacation?

• Barack Obama, in the mid-1970s in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  

History

• quadricycle: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive (1896)
• Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
• Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
• Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
• Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

 

Birthdays

• George III (England) 1738
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 1867
  

  
• Rosalind Russell 1908
• Charles Collingwood 1917
• Robert Merrill 1919
• Russell Train 1920
• Bobby Wanzer 1921
• Gene Barry 1922
• Dennis Weaver 1924
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928
• Morgana King 1930
• John Drew Barrymore 1932
• Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor
• Freddy Fender 1937
• Robert Fulghum 1937
• Roger Ball 1944 - Musician (Average White Band)
• Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas and the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing")
• Anthony Braxton 1945
• Gordon Waller 1945 - Musician (Peter and Gordon)
• Bettina Gregory 1946
• Danny Brown 1951 - Musician (The Fixx)
• Parker Stevenson 1952 - Actor
• Keith David 1954
• Eddie Velez 1958
• Julie Gholson 1958
• El DeBarge 1961 - Singer (DeBarge)
• Julie White 1961 - Actress
• Andrea Jaegar 1965
• Scott Wolf 1968 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Horatio Sanz 1969 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
• Noah Wyle 1971 - Actor ("ER")
• Darin Erstad 1974
• Stefan Lessard 1974 - Musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
• Russell Brand 1975 - Actor, hack-comedian, socialist
• Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress
• Bar Refaeli 1975 - Model
  Josh McDermott 1978 - The Walking Dead