Category Archives: It’s part of the language!

Scotch tape on my thermos bottle!

“Mack Trucks!!  It’s part of the language!” is an old advertising campaign for one of the best known hauling vehicles in the world.  The name Mack is often used as an adjective or noun for quality, toughness, and large size.  … Continue reading

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Roadway Luminaries

There it was lying on a city clerk’s desk, the catalog that belongs on everyone’s coffee table– Roadway Luminaries!  Naturally, you might be thinking to yourself, what’s a roadway luminary?  It’s an important sounding word for street light.  But, why … Continue reading

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Wenn Sie in diesem Land leben . . .

Speak the language!  German scholars will recognize the title as “If you live in this country. . .”  Most of us know this statement well and hear it from time to time when one of us is frustrated by a … Continue reading

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