Who newt that a newt used to be an ewt?
In English, the words newt, umpire, adder (snake), and apron used to be ewt, numpire, nadder, and napron respectively. But after so many years saying "an ewt", "a numpire," "a nadder" and "a napron," they slowly became "a newt", "an umpire", "an adder" and "an apron".[1]
Rather sadly, the heatwave at the 2022 Falmouth Worm Charming Championships in Cornwall resulted in only a singular worm being charmed.
How many people do you need in a room to have a good chance that _at least two_ of them share the same birthday?
The romanisation of your last name can give clues to when and where you came from.
As an Australian, your first encounter with Meriton may have been a hotel party in one of their serviced apartments in your late teens. Less well known is its founder and owner, billionaire Harry Oskar Triguboff.