10 Words for Streams

1. Beck
2. Bourn or burn
3. Brook
4. Creek
5. Gill
6. Rill
7. Rivulet
8. Run or runnel
9. Stream
10. Watercourse
(The Welsh is Nant)

10 Arabic Proverbs

1. إذا تم العقل نقص الكلام

“The smarter you are, the less you speak.”

2. أقل الناس سروراً الحسود

“An envious person is the unhappiest.”

3. أول الغضب جنون وآخره ندم

“Anger begins with madness, but ends in regret.”

4. آفة العِلْم النسيان

“Forgetting is the plague of knowledge.”

5. تجوع الحرة ولا تأكل بثدييها التخطيط نصف المعيشة“Planning is half of living.”

6. “Arrogance diminishes wisdom.”

7. “A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.”

8. “Ask the experienced rather than the learned.”

9. “Every sun has to set.”

10. ربما أراد الأحمق نفعك فضرك

“The stupid might want to help you, but they just end up hurting you.”

10 Retronyms

Retronyms are new names given to things after something similar but newer has come into being.

1. Steam train (after diesel train)
2. Black and white television (after colour tv)
3. Corn on the cob (after canned corn became popular)
4. Hot chocolate (after chocolate in bars came in)
5. Live music (after recorded music became popular)
6. Hardback book (after paperback books came in)
7. Silent films (after talking films began to appear)
8. Asia Minor (after we began to call the continent Asia)
9. Acoustic guitar (after the electric guitar)
10. Handwritten (after typewritten became possible)