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有意思的英语单词起源 We focus on the origin of interesting words, idioms, and slang, science and technology...bilingual (Chinese and English) by Lewis Sandler, former lawyer and professor in Beijing, China since 1993 and now (11/19) in Presque Isle, Maine, interviewing ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Welcome to view my other websites listed on the right side of this page.
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Tuesday Jan 05, 2016
Tuesday Jan 05, 2016
Oxford English Dictionary New Words for 2015
Textercise, Yes way, Man-spreading vs She bagging, Hangry, Mx, Emoji
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/living/oxford-web-dictionary-new-words-feat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manspreading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/how-do-you-know-what-a-word-means
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Brief talk with Wellena about her hometown in China, major studies, learning English, advice to learners of English and more..
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Saturday Nov 28, 2015
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
SETI, extremophile, The Wow! signal, Astrobiology (panspermia), Pareidolia, Arecibo message
http://radio.seti.org/ (Big Picture Science podcast)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_extraterrestrial_intelligence
http://www.universetoday.com/122409/what-was-the-wow-signal/
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Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Mensa, Klingon Boggle, Autotroph, Neanderthals, Pangea
https://bigbangtrans.wordpress.com/series-5-episode-01-the-skank-reflex-analysis/
http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/The_History_of_Everything
Klingon language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language
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Monday Sep 14, 2015
Monday Sep 14, 2015
As fit as a fiddle, Get a Charley horse, In the pink, Lights are on but no one 's home, Six feet under.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
2007, 14 (3), 527-533
http://www.psychonomic.org/psychonomic-bulletin-review
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Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Brainwashing, China, Chopsticks, Chop suey, Dim Sum, Ginseng, Ketchup, Tea
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chineseloan.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2015
Tuesday Apr 14, 2015
A shape in a drape, Focus your audio, Interviewing your brains, Know your groceries, Mason-Dixon line, Used-to-be.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12540/26-beatnik-slang-words-and-phrases-we-should-all-start-using
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Thursday Feb 26, 2015
Thursday Feb 26, 2015
Origin of Five-O, Smokey, Dick, Pig, Cop
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:List_of_slang_terms_for_police_officers
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Saturday Jan 24, 2015
Saturday Jan 24, 2015
areography, Grey goo, meatspace, cosmic spaghetti aka topopolis, xenology
websites for further reference:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/geekend/75-words-every-sci-fi-fan-should-know/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americas-leading-science-fiction-authors-are-shaping-your-future-180951169/?all&no-ist
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/jan/21/real-science-science-fiction-sf-scholar
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Friday Jan 02, 2015
Friday Jan 02, 2015
Oxford English Dictionary: Origin of 5 new words for 2014
Catfish, Freegan, Vape, Gamification, Steampunk
Oxford English Dictionary
http://www.oed.com/
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