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Avocado

Avocado, with its might, of being shaped like a water droplet, enlarged, green then muddy brownish-purple (ripe) — sometimes with those black spots, looks like a testicle, hanging on a tree — is indeed originally named testicle. 🤣🤦 I kid you not, dear reader. Avocado ( Persea americana ) is native to Central America and southern Mexico. It was first domesticated by the indigenous peoples there thousands of years ago — long before the Spanish even knew the New World (the continent of America). In Nahuatl (language or group of languages belonging to the Uto-Aztecan language family), it is āhuacatl . It literally means testicle. They call it that due to the shape of the fruit. Āhuacatl is pronounced as aː.wakat͡ɬ . AH-wah-kahtl. The final -tl is a single consonant ( t͡ɬ ), common in Nahuatl, pronounced like a soft, quick "tl" with the tongue flicking near the roof of the mouth (think of a quick "tul" but not fully separated). The Spanish Then came the Sp...

Chimera (1991 Mini-Series)

I watched Chimera (1991) few days behind. Because I think it would be about the abomination beast, Chimera — the ancient Greek mythology creature. Well, it was James and a female orangutan, named Daffodil, had a baby. The baby was suddenly a fully grown oranguman . Well, fast forwarded, not a gradual progression — as presented in the series. It is 1991 British telly magic at its finest. I made up James, orangutan, Daffodil, and oranguman. But basically, it was like that. It was supposed to be a science-fiction horror — but by golly, I couldn't stop thinking about other things while watching. They indeed did serious acts, proper. But my thoughts wandered elsewhere from episode 1 to 4. Not to mention the rich dialect in every scene. I discussed it with ChatGPT. Hm. People who say "rather" like it's a weapon will shoot rather at me. Ten paces. Rather rather rather. I remember hearing these: Proplem = problem. Sheets = sh💩ts. Saintist = ...
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