What are called “suspenders” in the US are “braces” in the UK.
Three arrows have traditionally been referred to as a “pair of arrows.”
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What are called “suspenders” in the US are “braces” in the UK.
The Arrow Collar Man was the name given to the various male models who appeared in advertisements for shirts and detachable shirt collars manufactured by Cluett Peabody & Company of Troy, New York. The original campaign ran from 1905-31 though the company continued to refer to men in its ads and its consumers as “Arrow men” much later.
He was frequently shown wearing suspenders.
The modeling profession was first established in 1853 by Charles Frederick Worth, the "father of haute couture, when he asked his wife, Marie Vernet Worth, to model the clothes he designed. The term “house model” was coined to describe the type of work.
The phrase “let them eat cake,” which has long been attributed to Marie Antoinette, was first written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who attributed the remark to some nameless princess in his*** Confessions***, when Marie Antoinette was only a child.
“Prize Walks” were competition dances held in the late 19th century, generally at get-togethers on slave plantations in the Southern United States. At the conclusion of a performance of the original form of one such dance in an exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, an enormous cake was awarded to the winning couple, thus giving it the name “cakewalk.”
Patricia McKissack’s children’s book Mirandy and Brother Wind is about a cakewalk, and has been made into a play. The role of the wind is played by a puppet.
Wayland Parrott Flowers, Jr. (1939 –1988) was an American puppeteer. He was born and raised in Dawson, Georgia. Flowers was best known for the puppet act he created with his puppet Madame. His performances as “Wayland Flowers and Madame” were a major national success on stage and on screen in the 1970s and 1980s.
Saint Marys, Georgia is the second-oldest city in the US.
The campaign slogan of Zell Miller, in his successful first campaign for Governor of Georgia, was “Zell Yes!”
Vincent Massey was the first Canadian Governor-General of Canada.
As the highest mountain on Antarctica, Vinson Massif is on the list of The Seven Summits, the highest mountains in each of the seven continents. The list varies based on where one draws continental boundaries but generally includes:
Asia: Everest (8,848m / 29,029’)
South America: Aconcagua (6,961m / 22,837’)
North America: Mount McKinley (6,194m / 20,320’)
Africa: Kilimanjaro (5,895m / 19,341’)
Europe: Elbrus (5,642m / 18,510’)
Antarctica: Vinson Massif (4,892m / 16,050’)
Australia: Kosciuzko (2,228m / 7,310’)
McKinley Morganfield – who used the stage name of Muddy Waters – is considered the father of Chicago Blues and is one of the most influential names in the genre.
Immediately after a winning game at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox play the Standells’ song “Dirty Water (Boston, You’re My Home)” over the PA system.
Boston Cream Pie was invented at Omni Parker House in Boston and is now the official dessert of Massachusetts.
Mr Parker Pyne is one of Agatha Christie’s detectives. A retired civil servant who specialised in statistics, he has concluded that there are five root causes of unhappiness. He bills himself as a “heart specialist,” who helps his clients find happiness in their relationships.
Parker, the smartass chief engineer of the USCSS Nostromo in the science fiction/horror movie Alien, was played by Yaphet Kotto. His picture appears briefly in a computer record in the sequel, Aliens.
The title character of Joseph Conrad’s novel Nostromo is really a sailor named Giovanni Battista Fidanza. “Nostromo” is an Italian word meaning “boatswain,” and Englishmen who heard him being called that erroneously believed it was his last name.
The pretzel was invented by an Italian monk around AD 610. It was shaped to mimic the folded arms of praying children and invented for the purpose of giving children an inducement and reward for memorizing their prayers.