Say what?
 The one millionth English word has been unveiled. It is…Web 2.0! Yup,
a US-based language monitoring group has crowned Web 2.0 as the one
millionth word or phrase in the English language, although other
linguists slammed it as nonsense and a stunt.
But the Global Language Monitor, which uses a math formula to track
the frequency of words and phrases in print and electronic media, says
Web 2.0 appeared over 25,000 times in searches and was widely accepted,
making it the legitimate, one millionth word.
It said Web 2.0 started out as a technical term meaning the next
generation of World Wide Web products and services but had crossed into
far wider circulation in the last six months.
It’s raining….
tadpoles!
 Forget raining cats and dogs…or even raining men, the sky’s opened up
to something rather peculiar over Japan: it’s been raining TADPOLES!
Residents, officials and scientists have been baffled by the apparent
downpour of tadpoles in central Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. Clouds of
dead tadpoles appear to have fallen from the sky in a series of episodes
over the past ten days.
The raining down of small creatures such as frogs and fish is a rare
meteorological phenomenon that is reported from time to time across the
world. Scientists widely believe that this is related to strong winds,
storms and water sprouts sucking up creatures before depositing them
further inland.
But none of these weather phenomena was evident in Japan, leaving
scientists scratching their heads in wonder.
Source: Just Plain’s … on the Blog
Pregnant man is a mummy again
 Thomas Beatie – the first man in the world to have fallen pregnant –
has given birth for the second time and this time it’s a boy. Thirty
five year old Thomas had conceived through artificial insemination.
He was born a woman but when he was in his 20’s, he had a sex change
op. However, he retained his female productive organs even though he’s
classified as a “man.” Thomas is married to Nancy, 46. He became the
first man to give birth after having daughter Susan Juliette in June
last year. |
