u/Fake_Eleanor

I'm a fan of hard cider, and trying a good variety of small producers. I used to go in to Portland a few times a year to go to The Place, but they closed a couple months ago.

I do go to New Seasons, Total Wine, and BevMo, who have a better selection than Fred Meyer or QFC.

But is there anywhere in Clark County that has a deeper, more varied selection of hard cider for purchase?

This came to mind when watching a movie set in the 1930s where someone sends a telegram, and they follow the convention of using the word "stop" to end a sentence.

I don't think that's still in common use, but I am curious if anyone has done any studies about the effects of telegraphy or telegram conventions on the way people speak, or even just words used or avoided.

Rephrasing: What effects, if any, did the medium of telegraphy have on the way people communicate, particularly outside of telegrams and telegraphy itself?

I'm familiar enough with spelling and lexicography to know that spelling variation was very common in English for a long time. Shakespeare famously spelled his own name in multiple ways, for an easy example.

And I'd assume — maybe incorrectly! — that spelling started to codify with the invention and adoption of dictionaries and style guides.

These days, it is not uncommon for "being bad at spelling" or even making a spelling mistake to be accepted as unprofessional or signs of a bad education. People sweat over spelling mistakes in job applications, because it's a known red flag for hiring decisions. Some people even argue that spelling mistakes are a sign of being unintelligent.

I know that's not true, but I'm curious when those kinds of beliefs were able to take root. When in the history of spelling codification did "being bad at spelling" become a character trait people could point to for whatever argument they wanted to make?

Paywalled article. Main takeaways:

Nope, it's not done yet, so they're not hitting the spring 2026 thought.

Spokesperson says "it's going well," and it's a "massive project" that's "gone through a tough economy."

>Kirkland said about 70 percent of the windows have been installed, mostly on the north-facing apartment side of the complex that those driving along state Highway 14 can’t see. Decks on that side are complete, while about half the decks have been installed on the condo side that overlooks the water. Sheetrock is over 50 percent complete and railing for the decks will start in just over a month. Siding for the buildings is about 70 percent complete.

>Kirkland estimates the scaffolding will come down near the end of the summer.

This question prompted by an episode of The Pitt, where someone is offered their choice of three flavors of Ensure: chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry.

And it got me wondering why strawberry became (perhaps?) the most common fruit flavor/third option for dairy treats.

Milkshakes, ice cream, flavored milk — other flavors are often available, but if options go beyond chocolate and vanilla, strawberry seems to be codified as as the go-to third. It's codified in Neapolitan ice cream, which offers all three flavors in one batch.

Why strawberry? Why not raspberry or lemon or peach? Why is one flavor more common than the others? How far back does that go? Is it even accurate, or only accurate in the US or parts of it?

Paul Henreid's character Victor Laszlo in Casablanca is portrayed as a Czechoslovakian resistance leader, but someone with connections to the leaders of resistance movements throughout Europe: Paris, Prague, Oslo, Athens, even Berlin.

The Nazis in Casablanca consider him not just any resistance leader, but someone irreplaceable; the resistance could withstand the loss of other leaders, but not Laszlo. He's well-known enough to have "impressed half the world," suggesting he's not just successful but famous.

And of course he was imprisoned in a "concentration camp" for a year, and succeeded in escaping.

Obviously, he's a fictional character, but is the role itself based on any figure or combination of figures that actually existed in Europe in the late '30s-early '40s? Or is he as pure a concoction as the letters of transit that guarantee anyone can leave Casablanca without being detained by the police (or the Nazis)?