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Who's up for bounty hunter bowling? :)

Check it out along with 18 other whimsical pairings of guide words from the dictionary. http://www.HiloTutor.com/blog_guidewords.html

Kitto Kattsu! :) A fun article from Dan Lewis about the "linguistic accident" involving Kit Kats in Japan.

http://nowiknow.com/japans-lucky-break/

Japan’s Lucky Break | Now I Know Japan’s Lucky Break December 21, 2016 It’s a trend that’s recently taken American grocery stores by storm: limited-edition and oddly-flavored Oreo cookies. The classic cookie dates back to 1912 and is, in its most basic form, pretty simple — two chocolate-flavored wafer cookies on either side of a w...

"Recumbent," illustrated. :)

Truth!!! 😄😄😄

Well chosen, Dictionary.com. (Study this word at www.HiloTutor.com/archives_xenophobic.html)

Dictionary.com’s 2016 Word of the Year: Xenophobia At Dictionary.com we aim to pick a Word of the Year that embodies a major theme resonating deeply in the cultural consciousness over the prior 12 months. This year, some of the most prominent news stories have centered around fear of the “other.” Fear is an adaptive part of human evolutionary histor...

At least once a day. :)

Top 9 Simple Verbs for Grace & Concision Verbs exert the most power when they're simple and clear. Here are some favorites, the ones I rely on most when helping students edit their writing.

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