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Patricia T. O'Conner (born February 19, 1949) [1] is the author of five books about the English language.A former staff editor at The New York Times Book Review, [2] she has appeared regularly as a language commentator for WNYC [3] and Iowa Public Radio. [4]
[98] [99] The English word "squash" derives from askutasquash (a green thing eaten raw), a word from the Narragansett language, which was documented by Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, in his 1643 publication A Key Into the Language of America. [100] Similar words for squash exist in related languages of the Algonquian family. [57 ...
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Cooking with squash is easy to do, especially in pastas, soups, and more. Look for these different types of winter and summer squash varieties.
Pattypan squash (or 'patty pan') is a varietal group of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) notable for its round and shallow shape, and scalloped edges, somewhat resembling a flying saucer. The name "pattypan" derives from "a pan for baking a patty".
According to GrammarPhobia, this 7th-century problem was remedied by the symbol “uu,” which is quite literally a double-u. Next, in the 8th century, the “uu” symbol was replaced with the ...
Text from Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde featuring one-sentence paragraphs and sentences beginning with the conjunctions "but" and "and". This list comprises widespread modern beliefs about English language usage that are documented by a reliable source to be misconceptions.
The name squash bee, also squash and gourd bee, is applied to two related genera of bees in the tribe Eucerini; Peponapis and Xenoglossa. Both genera are oligoleges (pollen specialists) on the plant genus Cucurbita and closely related plants, although they usually do not visit watermelon, cucumber, and melon plants. [ 1 ]