SCENTS MOSQUITOS HATE + NO CHURN ICE CREAM + FLASHDANCE END SCENE + COMMONLY MISPRONOUCED WORDS

Monday greetings, Amazing Readers –

Super entertaining + tasty recipes collection to share today!
Beginning with:

10 SCENTS MOSQUITOS HATE 
Yep, pretty sure none of us will disagree that mosquitos suck – literally.  Great ideas for keeping the tiny, flying, biting things repelled!

SPEED COMPARISON OF AQUA LIFE
Is mesmerizing!  An incredibly, artfully assembled mini-watch.
My favorite takeaways (although, hard decision) were Sea Turtles – WOW! 
They’re fast, fast, fast – unlike land turtles.
And Flying Fish!
And a Black Marlin travels 82 m.p.h!  CRAZY!

PEOPLE HAVING THE BEST DAY EVER
Is super cool.  As it’s been said, “A picture can speak a 1,000 words.”  Proof is in these pics for sure.

WHAT “JUICY FRUIT”
Are you according to your Zodiac sign?  Me, Mango.  You?

STRIKING CABLE-STAY BRIDGE PROPOSAL TO REPLACE BALTIMORE’S BRIDGE
Is both beautiful and genius.  I so hope it happens and the sooner the better to get construction happening.  “A rising Phoenix.”

• RECIPES!
  Now that summer has arrived, BBQ’s, Picnics, Get-togethers, fun in the sun and hanging out are full-on.
  I love peas and the ENGLISH PEA SALAD
  Has my full attention.
  And, I’m not gonna lie, I do love KFC’s COLESLAW.
  Anxious to make this Copycat recipe!
  And BEST POTATO SALAD RECIPE
  Well, had me a little skeptical until I saw 744 5 star reviews.  Challenge!  Gonna make it and check it out and look forward to being #745 fan.
  SPICY PEANUT TOFU BOWLS
  Sounds/reads like a winner! winner! winner!
  CRISPY “CORN” TORTILLA QUESADILLAS
  What?  I love quesadillas – but have only had flour tortilla quesadillas.  I do love corn tortillas.  Intriguing!  Ready to go a little outside the box and try something that will undoubtedly be AWE-SOME!  Corn tortillas are on my market shopping list.
  NO CHURN (EASY!) RUM RAISIN ICE CREAM
  ‘nough said!  And anything Nagi puts out is always stellar.
  

11 COMMON WORDS WE MIGHT BE MISPRONOUNCING
My hand is raised *gulp* — Seuss, Kibosh, Comptroller.
Geesh!  Only took me this long in my world to learn the correct pronunciations.  But now I know and from this day forward —

FINAL SCENE FROM THE MOVIE “FLASHDANCE”
Dd you see it?  If so definitely worth another watch.  Indeed, perseverance is KEY.
Quite inspiring and the dance moves are fantastic!  And a heartbeat love story for all of us romantics.

THANKS SO MUCH
For sliding by today.  Reading + engaging + sharing.
We adore you!

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ENJOY THE FUN!

• 10 Scents that Mosquitos hate!  – later ‘squitos
• Speed Comparison of Aqua Animals + Statistics – 3D – super fascinating!
• Examples of People Having a“Best Day Ever” – Thumbs Up
• Which Juicy Fruit Matches Your Zodiac Sign?
• Striking Cable-Stay Bridge is First Proposal to Replace Collapsed Baltimore Bridge
• RECIPE (!) English Pea Salad
• RECIPE (!) Copycat KFC Slaw
• RECIPE (!) Best Potato Salad Recipe … Ever
• RECIPE (!)  Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowls
• RECIPE (!) Crispy Corn Tortilla Quesadillas
• RECIPE (!) No Churn –Easy Rum Raisin Ice cream
• A something super cool to watch and listen + get us all jazzed up for the coming week!  Perseverance is KEY!

11 COMMON WORDS WE MIGHT
BE MISPRONOUNCING

1. SEUSS
   Pen names don’t always make things easier.  Theodore Geisel’s college buddy Alexander Liang made a rhyme to teach us the right way to pronounce it.
   “You’re wrong as a deuce/And you shouldn’t rejoice/If you’re calling him Seuss/he pronounces it Soice” (or Zoice).
2. KIBOSH
   Let’s put the kibosh, pronounced “KY-bosh,” on saying this word like “kuh-BOSH.”
3. CELTIC
   An initial hard (k) sound is the standard, but linguists say the (s) sound emerged as far back as the 17th century.  Still, you’ll sound ridiculous (but correct!) if you bring a hard (k) to a Boston Celtics basketball game.
4. COMPTROLLER
   This word sounds just like “controller.”  If your tempted to pronounce that silent (pt), please comptroll yourself!
5. CACHE
   Maybe it’s because it’s one letter short of “cachet.”  Maybe it’s just more fun to mispronounce.  This word sounds just like “cash.”
6. CHICANERY
   This word meaning “deception by trickery” is aptly tricky to pronounce.  The beginning (ch) sound is “sh” as in “Chicago.”  The French pronounce the word “shih-connery,” which makes it easy to remember the definition.  However, Americans love a long (a) and tend to pronounce it “shih-cane-a-ree.”  Choose your own adventure.
7. BANAL
   You’ll be the butt of the joke if you pronounce this “BAY-nul.”  It’s “buh-NAHL.”
8. AFFLUENT
   If pronouncing it “a-FLU-ent”  is wrong, some people don’t want it to be right.  The stress on this word is supposed to be on the first syllable — AFF-lu-ent.  But stressing the second syllable became so mainstream that dictionaries started validating the pronunciation in the 1980’s.
9. FORBADE
   Pronunciation quirks and mistake happen when people try to read and speak by the rules.  Too bad English doesn’t always make sense.  The past tense of “forbid” was originally supposed to be spelled and pronounced “for-bad.”  But then people started spelling it “forbade” and rhyming it with “made.”  Now linguists say the word sound archaic any way you say it.  Mose people use “forbid” as a past or present-tense verb.
10. BOATSWAIN
    Okay, so maybe this word’s not commonly used.  But now that you know know it’s pronounced “bo-sun,” you might find more reasons to work it into conversation.
11. NICHE
    When this word was borrowed from French in the 17th century, it was quickly Anglicized to rhyme with “itch.”  But 20th century, more people embraced a true French pronunciation and decided to pronounce it “neesh.”  Both are correct.

~ From my collection of emails circa 2015
author unattributed ~

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