Day: July 7, 2009

Suggestion box

20090118063827!Marge_SimpsonThis is a proud week for the blog, as one loyal reader submitted the following comment to the What Is Mock Duck? page:

Hi Dan:
This is from YOUR MOM: I sure do enjoy your odd sense of humor! I think that you should give some detail on the other writers, tell us a little about them and why you selected them. Love, Mom.

So there you have it: my mom thinks my blog is cool. Take that, would-be detractors.

Anyway, to answer her point, I’ve prodded our guest blogger (we’re down to one currently) to provide some more info about himself for our hungry readership.

Mysteries of Czech language

mcescher2Another probing look at the third-most spoken language in Texas (well, not anymore, but it used to be for much of the 20th century). Previous installments here and here.

Only one of the following statements is false:

In Czech…

  1. “No” means yes
  2. “Yes” means eat!, but only as an imperative
  3. “Host” means guest
  4. Pants are worn over one’s arms and shirts over one’s legs