Spanish colour words: meaning and grammar (3/4): “Red and yellow and pink and green…”
Pretty in pink In English, the colour word pink comes ultimately from the flower (la flor) of the same name, i.e. the genus Dianthus (it’s…
Where does “knickers” come from? Don’t get your knickers in a twist!
What's in a name? We probably all know that the wellies we might wear to go on walks through muddy fields are named after the…
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