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I read the English Dictionary in short sections, comment on it, make bad jokes, and sometimes sing little songs. I hope it’s more entertaining than just reading the dictionary alone. It’s an evolving project so the letter ”A” had lower quality, plus less commenting and jokes.
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Sunday Nov 27, 2022
#D119 (devil’s darning needle to devolution)
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
I read from devil's darning needle to devolution.
Dragonflies and Damselflies are just long and skinny so obviously one would call them the "Devil's Darning Needle".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly#Dragonflies_in_culture
But there's also a plant!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clematis_virginiana
More info (but not a lot) about devilwood, a kind of olive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartrema_americana
If you want to know more about "Devil's Theory", read this book. Maybe it'll help.
The word of the episode is "devil's food cake".
It has more chocolate than the standard (lame) chocolate cake so it's denser and richer and darker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_food_cake
Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/
Merchandising!
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