Word Of The Day
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on June 22, 2022, 5:36 pm
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'quibble' https://t.co/ADChJKZDPZ pic.twitter.com/Ud8T5flXog
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 22, 2022
I QE Bulb - Yes for Lizzy's Jubbly I came up with a new daffodil that has red white and blue petals. Unfortunately though my neighbours seen them growing in my window box and my house was almost burnt down.
No arson about this part of the country !🇮🇪
Quibble
BBQ? U lie 🙃😂
Fair play to ye for making something of quibble! Excellent. 😂
Well, we're never ones to quibble 😋😂
Speaking of myths….
New research debunks the link between orange carrots and Dutch royalty
The popular theory that Dutch farmers bred orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange has largely been debunked by geneticists. New research published in Nature Genetics casts doubt on the royal carrot conspiracy by showing orange carrots have been around for much longer than the 17th century. The researchers for the first time completely mapped the genome of the carrot, and found that mutations caused orange carrots to first appear in the days of the Roman Empire. The study found that carrots were indeed bred for their orange colour by Dutch farmers, but ecologist Klaas Vriedling told the Volkskrant that ‘there is good evidence that the orange carrots had been there before.’
Before the Dutch began mass-growing the orange carrot we know today, carrots came in a much wider array of colours – red, purple, white and black. Fashion Lead researcher, Philipp Simon, told the Volkskrant that the root’s orange colour signifies a healthier carrot. However, he said that ‘these people had no clue. My guess is that carrots were at one time a food fashion in the 16th century.’ While this research doesn’t entirely rule out the theory, there is a lack of hard evidence linking orange carrots with Dutch royalty. British researcher and curator of the online World Carrot Museum, John Stolarczyk, has pointed out that paintings and prints of orange carrots have existed for almost a millennium. ‘The closest to the truth is that the Dutch adopted orange as the national colour and then added orange carrots to the list of items “dedicated” to the royal family,’ he wrote on the museum’s website. ‘The orange carrot came first – the Royal family dedication second.’
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on June 22, 2022, 10:43 pmFair play to ye for making something of quibble! Excellent. 😂
QUB Bile - Yes around the time I bought the Soul PTQ magazine Big Ian had made a speech at Queen's University with his usual bile and anger.
I did manage to hit him though with a bottle of cider - an empty 1 of course !
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'ingenuous' https://t.co/SAH8KVcNt7 pic.twitter.com/vpzOIYh6jh
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 23, 2022
Quote from Lois Hi on June 23, 2022, 5:42 pm
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'ingenuous' https://t.co/SAH8KVcNt7 pic.twitter.com/vpzOIYh6jh
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 23, 2022
Uno Genius - Yes while on holiday in Milan I went to a pub quiz and they were amazed at my general knowledge, even with the questions in Italian !😁
Quote from Lois Hi on June 23, 2022, 5:42 pm
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'ingenuous' https://t.co/SAH8KVcNt7 pic.twitter.com/vpzOIYh6jh
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 23, 2022
EU gin nous 😉
Ingenuous
Ennui - go us 😋😎😂
Mighty stuff everyone. Super inventive. 👍
'E'? 🤔
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante
Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'confidant' https://t.co/JT5GFXCjqE pic.twitter.com/XEV4gcYkeq
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 24, 2022
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on June 24, 2022, 5:06 pm‘E’? 🤔
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante
Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning “a person in whom you confide things”), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Good morning! Today’s #WordOfTheDay is ‘confidant’ https://t.co/JT5GFXCjqE pic.twitter.com/XEV4gcYkeq
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 24, 2022
Can’t find O – Was down in Sesame Street the other day looking for my grumpy old friend Oscar the Grouch but he was nowhere to be seen. Maybe the bin men had taken him away.
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on June 24, 2022, 5:06 pm‘E’?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante
Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning “a person in whom you confide things”), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Good morning! Today’s #WordOfTheDay is ‘confidant’ https://t.co/JT5GFXCjqE pic.twitter.com/XEV4gcYkeq
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 24, 2022
Confidant
Find on cat 🐈
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on June 24, 2022, 5:06 pm‘E’?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante
Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning “a person in whom you confide things”), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'confidant' https://t.co/JT5GFXCjqE pic.twitter.com/XEV4gcYkeq
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 24, 2022
Confident
Find note C 📝 😇
Confidante
Not fancied 😋😂
Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'noisome' https://t.co/bFGbOzWX07 pic.twitter.com/b7PLP45j3f
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) June 25, 2022