3 Word Lists for April This month we looked at words ending in ‘re’, characters from Much Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare Day, and Easter vocabulary. How do you like your eggs in the morning? We continued our Easter celebrations in a 10 Words blog post with a twist. Do you prefer you eggs boiled or fried? Word for Wednesday: Pasta Made from a durum wheat dough which is shaped and boiled, pasta dishes originate in Italy and are now enjoyed all over the world. Learn about the words spaghetti, pappardelle, farfalle, and orecchiette. Commonly Confused Words: Fair vs. Fare Finally,...
To celebrate Easter week, we’ve got a 10 Words… blog post with a twist. How do you like your eggs in the morning? fried - a fried egg is cooked by cracking an egg into hot oil or butter in frying pan On Sundays I have fried egg and bacon for breakfast. sunny-side-up - a sunny-side-up egg is only fried on one side so the yolk remains a deep yellow colour and is runny She preferred her eggs sunny-side-up to over-easy. over-easy - an over-easy fried egg is flipped over so that the top is also cooked lightly She preferred over-easy eggs to sunny-side-up. soft-boiled - soft-boiled egg is boiled while still in its...
In true Easter spirit our Word for Wednesday this week is the word ‘egg’. Eggs have been a consistent food source since the beginning of humanity. Throughout the history of the English language, the word ‘egg’ saw a handful of spellings before we settled on the Old Norse, ‘egg’. Let’s take a look at a few variations: Old English: ‘oeg’ or ‘eai’ Middle English ‘eye’ or ‘eyren’ The borrowed Norse ‘egg’ first saw popular use in northern England in the mid-fourteenth century and by the fifteenth century anyone wanting to buy ‘eyren’ might not have been understood at all. Interestingly, the word egg has a few other contexts other than its common noun form. You can ‘egg someone...
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