執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月31日 | Trivia
What’s English for a plastic bandage you can put on a small cut? Not Band-Aid—that’s a brand name. It’s just so popular that many people don’t know any other name for that kind of bandage. This has happened to many brands. Kleenex has become a word for any facial...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月24日 | Trivia
Pots and pans are containers used for cooking and usually made of metal. The difference between a pot and a pan is that a pot generally has two handles, while a pan has one handle. Both are usually round or cylindrical in shape. Of course, there are exceptions. For...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月17日 | Trivia
The word “gluten” looks like “glue” because it holds bread together. It’s a mixture of proteins found in wheat and other grains. Some people are allergic to gluten, so recently products without gluten have become more available. Gluten...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月10日 | Trivia
Here is a joke. Q: Why can’t you play poker on the African savannah? A: There are too many cheetahs! “Cheetah” (the name of an animal) sounds like “cheater” (someone who doesn’t play fair). If one player is a cheater, the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月03日 | Trivia, カテゴリーなし
Here is a joke. Two men are talking. One says, “I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.” The other man says, “Really? What’s the name of his other leg?” The first man’s sentence is normally understood to mean he...
