Mon, 29 Nov 10 Duration: 3 mins In the last programme of the series, John Ayto explains the origin, meaning and use of the words 'bottle' and 'bottler'....
Mon, 22 Nov 10 Duration: 3 mins In this week's episode, John Ayto explores the origin, meaning and use of the expression 'early doors'....
Mon, 15 Nov 10 Duration: 3 mins In this week's episode, John Ayto explores the origin, meaning and use of the phrase 'go commando'....
Mon, 8 Nov 10 Duration: 3 mins In this week's episode, John Ayto explores the origin, meaning and use of the phrase 'go postal'....
Mon, 18 Oct 10 Duration: 3 mins In this week's episode, John Ayto explores the origin, meaning and use of the prefix 'hella'....
Smithsonian Museum opens new window on human origins Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 02 April 2010 Photo: Chip Clark, Jim DiLoreto, Don Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution Five fossil human skulls show how the shape of the face and braincase of early...
Fathers Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a fathers day was first proposed there were no Fathers Day cards! 父亲节与普遍的误解不同的是...
30 The origin of Refrigerators By the mid-nineteenth century, the term icebox had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cit...
21 The Origin of Sports When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for , as we all have observed, the beasts play. Dogs and cats wrestle and play ball games. Fishes and birds...
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. 有一天,世界上的五颜六色彼此争吵了起来,每一个颜色都声称自己是最好的。 Green said: Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope....