Hello, Goodbye

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hello is an alteration of hallo, hollo, which came from Old High German "halâ, holâ, emphatic imperative of halôn, holôn to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman." It also connects the development of hello to the influence of an earlier form, holla, whose origin is in the French holà (roughly, 'whoa there!', from French là 'there'). As in addition to hello, halloo, hallo, hollo, hullo and (rarely) hillo also exist as variants or related words, the word can be spelt using any of all five vowels

"Goodbye" came from the Middle English "godbwdye", which is short for "God be with ye."

Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles

No "J"

J is the only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table of elements.

Shaken, Not Stirred

You Are a Dirty Martini

You are a fun loving person who may or may not show your wild side. It depends what kind of mood you're in. You are very tolerant and don't take anything too seriously. You're the first to laugh at an off color joke. You tend to like drinks, food, and people with flavor. Keep bland and boring far away from you. You are complex and and a bit enigmatic to those around you. Your confidence can be intimidating at times.

What Kind of Martini Are You?

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Not for sure how the rest of the results fit me, but I DO like Dirty Martinis, only made with vodka instead of gin. I'm not much of a drinker, but that would be my order at a bar.

Leading & Lesser Languages List

There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers.

The most popular language in the world is Mandarin Chinese, with over 1.2 billion people who speak that language.

In 2008, The International Civil Aviation Organisation decreed that all Air Traffic Controllers and Flight Crew Members engaged in or in contact with international flights must be proficient in the English language as a general spoken medium and not simply have a proficiency in standard ICAO Radio Telephony Phraseology.

Some languages are nearly extinct and are spoken by only a few older people.

Top 10 Rarest Languages Still Spoken in the World

The origins of many languages aren't clear to historians and researchers, but many people believe the Biblical tale of the Tower of Babel.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (Vienna) 
Licensed under Public Domain via Commons

The Christmas Song - Alvin & The Chipmunks

Debuting on this date in 1958, this song aka The Chipmunk Song (Don't Be Late) it was the only song to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart. The song was also a hit with the entertainment establishment, garnering three awards at the 1958 Grammys: Best Comedy Performance, Best Children’s Recording, and Best Engineered Record (non-classical).

abdominous

abdominous adjective [ab-dom-uh-nuh s]

1. having a large belly; potbellied

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While I could stand to lose a few pounds, I'm glad I don't have a potbelly...or a beer belly.