I suppose it's a practical name... kinda

Who hasn't Googled the meaning of their own name? Or names they like for their babies?

For instance, Emma means universal.

Everyone wants to give their baby a name that means something deep. Like miracle or treasure.

There must be a bucket load of names that don't have any recorded meanings, simply because people have made them up. Names like Yashonda.

But I had to wonder how many people would name their son Bankole. It's an Egyptian name that means "help me to build the house". What the...?

If the shoe fits... you'll be shod

Today I learnt that the word for wearing shoes is shod (not shoed, as I'd said before being corrected!)

What a cashew in its shell looks like

I guess these would be hard to squeeze into the little string bags along with the shelled peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts and brazil nuts.

The thought occurred to me out of nowhere that I'd never seen a cashew in its shell and had no idea what they looked like or why they were always shelled.

Turns out there's quite a lot of chatter on the www about why cashews aren't sold in their shells, and the reason isn't just because they're big and bulky. I've learnt that the cashew is actually related to Poison Ivy and there's a toxic liquid found both in the leaves of the plant and between the shell and the nut itself. It seems if you get this liquid on your skin it can cause an itchy, painful rash the way poison ivy would if you rolled about in it.

I wasn't expecting that!