Author Archives: Mikey

ROXANNE : Pronounced: RAWK-san Origin(s): Persian, Latin, French Meaning: Bright, Dawn. Alexander the Great married Roxana, the daughter of Oxyartes, to consolidate his power in Persia. The movie Roxanne (1987), starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, was based on the … Continue reading →

The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy ABSTRACT Using the World Wide Web to gather and process data from across English-speaking North America, I intend to plot the regional variations in the use of the terms “Pop” and “Soda” to describe … Continue reading →

Well, it doesn’t look like much progress, but it was another productive day today.

There just aren’t a lot of choices for names beginning with “Q”! QUEENIE : Pronounced: KWEE-nee Origin(s): English Meaning: Pet form of an old nickname derived from the Old English word cwen meaning “woman, wife”. British literary critic Queenie Dorothy … Continue reading →

It’s Thursday, and I’m taking the day off to get some more work done on the deck project. It’s coming along slowly but surely.

PERCIVAL : Pronounced: PURS-uh-val Origin(s): Latin, French, English Meaning: Destroyer, Piercer. The spelling was altered under the influence of Old French percer val “to pierce the valley”. In Arthurian legend Percival was a chivalrous knight who was given a glimpse … Continue reading →