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OK. I don’t have any bright ideas tonight.
I don’t even have much in the way of not-so bright ideas.
So tonight...a couple of the better and more interesting tweets of the day and this is an open thread!
I do have to say, though, former University of Kentucky star and NBA journeyman Rex Chapman has a Twitter feed is usually loaded with stuff that puts a smile on your face. It’s really special now that we are living in bleak times.
It’s almost enough to make me get over that Kentucky basktball thing. Almost.
I’ve never been too bothered by any of that, but I have always been curious: Why is “baloney” the accepted pronunciation of the word bologna? Or as some have asked in reverse, why is the word we pronounce as “baloney” spelled “bologna”?
The answer goes back to Italy. As you may know, there is a city in northern Italy called Bologna, which is home to many delicious delicacies, including mortadella. Mortadella is traditional cured sausage made from ground pork. The lunchmeat we call bologna or bologna sausage is derived from mortadella, though it doesn’t have to be made from pork (and gets a bad rap as a kind of cheap “mystery meat.”)
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