Wednesday, August 17, 2011

1557 Adapt for That

It's cool the way we adapt our language to new things and going trends. Odd combination of ideas or perception? We adapt for that. Like the other day we heard some audio of a guy that sounded like he was a cousin of Radio Gardener Cisco, but he was a dairy farmer.
Bobby instantly called out Moo-la-laaaaa.
Or when I heard about a gardener who is making granola out of all natural, organic, and energy-sustainable sources. What more natural thing to call it than green-ola.
Or the qualities of certain sports. When baseball players have lots of victories, we say they are on a "winning streak." When their winning streak ends, it is almost always "snapped." It's possible to have a winning streak of 2 games. And still have it snapped.
But soccer presents a bit of a challenge. Not least because they don't use the term zero in their scoring. Zero is nil. But also because there is winning and there is losing but there is also non-winning and non-losing. Soccer has the draw or the tie.
So if a soccer team has not lost for a while they are on an "unbeaten streak." I know you can stretch an unbeaten streak. But I'm not sure if you can snap an unbeaten streak.
Maybe you just say your streak is now nil.
And I saw an interesting innovation in the smoking world the other day. It's an electronic cigarette. It vaporizes propylene glycol and nicotine into a mist that you can inhale just like a real cigarette.
What did they name it? The "E-Cigarette" of course. So I wonder if Apple will come out with an I-Cigarette. You could swipe your finger on it and it would fire up.
It would be upgradeable and adaptable too.
Want menthol? There's an app for that.
America, ya gotta love it.

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