Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

diglossia \dahy-GLOS-ee-uh, -GLAW-see-uh\, noun:
  1. the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
  2. Pathology. the presence oftwo tongues or of a single tongue divided into two parts by a cleft.
Diglossia comes from the Greek term meaning "bilingual" and entered English in the 1950s.
 
Book hangover
  • When you've finished a book and you suddenly return to the real world, but the real world feels incomplete or surreal because you're still living in the world of the book.
"I have a really bad book hangover today, I could hardly concentrate at work."
 
Trivia 
What city has lent its name to breeds of long-haired cats, goats, and rabbits?
  • Ankara, Turkey, which was known as Angora before 1930.
History
  • Amistad: 53 African slaves rebelled and took control of their transport ship, La Amistad (1839)
  • James A. Garfield: US president was shot by Charles J. Guiteau; he died on September 19 (1881)
  • Wal-Mart: retail giant opened its first store, in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)
  • Civil Rights Act: legislation that offered strong protection of minorities' rights was signed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who used over 75 pens (1964)
  • Susan B. Anthony dollar: the 1st US coin to honor a woman was introduced (1979)
  • artificial heart: first self-contained model was received by Robert Tools; he lived with it for 151 days (2001)
  • Spirit of Freedom: Steve Fossett completed the first solo trip around the world in a balloon (2002)
Birthdays
  • Hermann Hesse 1877
  • Jean Rene Lacoste 1905
  • Thurgood Marshall 1908
  • Ken Curtis 1916
  • Robert Sarnoff 1918
  • Dan Rowan 1922
  • Marvin Rainwater 1925
  • Medgar Evers 1926
  • Brock Peters 1927
  • Imelda Marcos 1929
  • Ahmad Jamal 1930
  • Dave Thomas 1932 - Founder for Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
  • Tom Springfield 1936
  • Richard Petty 1937
  • Polly Holliday 1937
  • Paul Williams (The Primes, The Temptations) 1939
  • Mike Abene 1942
  • Ron Silver 1946
  • Saul Rubinek 1948
  • Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) 1949
  • Joe Puerta (Bruce Hornsby & The Range) 1951
  • Johnny Colla (Soundhole, Huey Lewis & The News) 1952
  • Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats) 1954
  • Jerry Hall 1956
  • Jimmy McNichol 1961
  • Dave Parsons 1965 - Musician (Bush)
    Amy Weber 1970 - Model
  • Yancy Butler 1970
  • Rebecca Mader 1979 - Actress ("All My Children", "Lost", "Justice")
  • Vanessa Lee Chester 1984
  • Ashley Tisdale 1985 - Singer, actress ("The Suite Life of Zack & Cody")
  • Lindsay Lohan 1986
    Margot Robbie 1990 - Actress 

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