Interesting Links for 13-10-2016

[nwhyte]

Is There Any Precedent For A Trump Comeback?
Er, not really.
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How brothers became buddies and bros
Changing words.
(tags: linguistics english )

English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
The future is here! But it doesn't work yet.
(tags: technology )

Comments

[del_c]

I wonder what the OED makes of theories floating around the wild Internet, that "buddy" and "bud" are how Pennsylvania folk pronounced the words "butty" and "butt", having picked them up from immigrant Welsh miners?

[eglantine_br]

I greatly enjoyed these links. Thank you for posting them.