August 2009 Does anyone know the meaning of “ping-pong diplomacy” or the origin of the “Stockholm syndrome”? In case many of the history lessons from high school have been erased from your hard drive, fear not: you don’t have to go back to school. There are good books for refreshing your memory. Every American that …
As the Page Turns
As the Page Turns I love learning where certain words and phrases come from and this book was a pleasure to read. We all rely on euphemisms to tiptoe around what makes us uneasy, and have done so for most of recorded history. The word “eupheme” comes from the Greek meaning “good speaking”. Even Shakespeare …
Daily Mortgage Rates
November 5, 2009 Review of I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech (Hardcover) When our daughter-in-law’s parents turned 60 last December, my husband and I sent them a box of memorabilia from our common youth containing a “Don’t Trust Anyone over …
CMash Loves to Read
CMash Loves to Read Just in time for the holidays. This book is informative, filled with trivia and a fun read. I found it to be quite interesting as to where and how certain terms came in to being such as “a loose cannon” (pg 193), “bookworm”(pg 228) “under the weather”(pg 124) and so many …
Ralph interviewed on Moncrieff (Newstalk of Ireland)
Ralph was interviewed on Moncrieff, a program on Newstalk of Ireland on December 21, 2010 about his book Euphemania. [audio:https://ralphkeyes.on-forge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Moncrieff.mp3|titles=Moncrieff]
LARGEHEARTED BOY
February 10, 2010 This is the sort of book that either makes you really fun or really boring at parties, depending on what sort of parties you go to.