In a word: Waterford humorist Artemus Ward
Ward’s lectures were designed not to inform but strictly to entertain and amuse his growing audiences, arguably making him the world’s first standup comedian.
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In a word: German loanwords and cognates
"'Delicatessen' is a loanword, I think you call them," said my friend Claus. "You know, words you Americans basically stole from us and use as your own."
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In a word: 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows'
'Onism' is 'the frustration of being stuck in just one body that inhabits only one place at a time, (and) the awareness of how little of the world you’ll experience.'
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In a word: Exploring the 'Y' of our alphabet
We answer the burning question bothering us — OK, me — since we were young schoolchildren: 'Is Y a consonant or a vowel?'
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Pittsfield: Musical benefit for Boyd family
Five local musical acts are headlining a benefit for the family of Linda and Peter Boyd whose home at 89 Cromwell Ave. was ravaged by fire on Oct. 5. The
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