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Musical Instrument or Music Instrument?

A musical instrument is an instrument to create musical sounds. Or, an instrument which is musical. But... music instrument is an instrument to create music. Or, an instrument which is used in composing and/or performing music. Which one is correct? Perhaps both. But musical instrument is more common in literature . First-come, first-served game. Instrument is a noun. Musical is the adjective, to describe the noun. Adjective-noun phrase. Like angry monkey , it's a monkey which is angry. While music is also a noun, noun-noun, like anger monkey , which means a monkey appears in anger, that's uncommon. But... EEEYYYYYY.... Therefore, logic dictates we go with: musical instrument Aw... But hear me out. Music instrument is technically legit! It's a noun-noun construction, and in theory, it makes sense; an instrument for music. But indeed, musical instrument won the linguistic first-come, first-served game and became the dominant term in English...

I'll Explain Later

Did you notice most films — action, adventure, and everything else with rescue scenes — have this: Hey, what's going on? Or, what's happened? I'll explain later. Although, clearly, there was plenty of time to explain everything. Professor Barry (P. B.) Student : Processor , what's that you're writing? P. B. : Screw you. Student : Why? P. B. : Because it's S, C, R, E, and so on. Student : Won't that be great if it isn't like that for a change? P. B. : No. Uh In my opinion, h...

Why Didn't François-Marie Arouet Grow Beard?

The name we perhaps know is Voltaire . It's a nom de plume , the character was a writer. An insightful scribe, if he did scribe anything — mostly writing. Not merely writing on random surfaces though. Nom de Plume Nom de plume means pen name . Pen back then used feather, the quill. Not the feather per se, that would be quite a tedious labour to write even one letter. It was the pointy tip of the feather dipped in goo. Then the goo dipped pointy tip of the feather was used to write, with the feather altogether — as one — but not dipping all of them. Holding it properly was a must. And, not goo per se. But broadly, it fell under that category. Now, it falls under that category. Nom means name, plume means feather. Like in children song Alouette . This line: Alouette, je te plumerai... Plumerai means pluck, I will pluck you, as the alouette will be bald in that song. And will be cooked. Hm. That excalates. To sooth us down, alouette is lark bird in English...

Bonaparte

Let's start from this quote: History is a set of lies agreed upon. It is agreed upon that it is taken from Napoleon Bonaparte's memoir — strongly tied to his period of exile on St. Helena (1815). He Spoke English? 🤨 No, of course not. It is the English version . He's French. Actually, a Corsican — the island of Corsica was already under French control before he was born. His family, the Buonapartes, had Italian origins, specifically from Tuscan nobility. They had migrated to Corsica in the 16th century. Despite his Italian heritage, Napoleon's life and career were deeply intertwined with France. He received his education in French military schools and rose to prominence within the French military and political system. In a way, Napoleon's success was a combination of his inherent abilities, his cultural background, and the historical circumstances in which he lived. His "outsider" mentality, driven by his origins, likely added a powe...

Chess: Anti-Fried Liver Defense (Italian Game)

This was a 3 minutes game of Blitz(krieg) at lichess.org as "Anonymous". I played defence side, the black pieces. This is called anti-"fried liver" defense. The "fried liver" attack is that thing... Uh, you know. That, the basic opening when we first learned to play chess perhaps. Like "scholar" attack, but instead of bishop and queen, we use bishop and horse (knight). "Fried liver" is the English version, the Italian would be "fegatello". It's Italian surely. Meaning, eeyyy ... It was quite interesting. You might want to observe it. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board.

Chess: Lanc-Arnold Gambit (Center Game)

This was a 3 minutes game of Blitz(krieg) at lichess.org as "Anonymous". I played offence side, the white pieces. This was weird and interesting. I resigned 🤣 You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board.

Gorgos and Gorgeous

Let us start from my splendid reading time, I will then certainly explain it. The last, we will get into the words. I was reading Greek mythology related lores. There was Medusa . Refrain excerpt from Chaka Khan - Through the Fire 🎙️ Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall. For a chance to be with you, I'd gladly risk it allrghh 🎵 (David Foster's jiving on the keyboard. 🕺🎹) Blimey, to the wall? 🤔 I mean this depiction. 🛡️ Shielded by 🐒 MonkeyRaptor — MonkeyRaptorGlanceSecure™ Medusa actually has two sisters. The other two were rarely depicted in movies and literatures. They are known as the Gorgon sisters . The Gorgon sisters: Stheno Immortal. ✅ Deformed and horrible by birth. A towering serpentine-giantess. Eldest of the Gorgons, highly aggressive and bloodthirsty. Special traits include superhuman strength, unmatched ferocity, survivor of countless battles. Battles which were mostly started...
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