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Dear Reader, It is a rainy English morning and I am about to make myself a cup of coffee and practice my drawing. But before I do... Question #3: What is the American Equivalent of an International 'HB' pencil? A #2 pencil. Question #4: What does the 'H' in 'HB' stand for? Hard Question #5: What does the 'B' in 'HB' stand for? Black Cheerio, ~~~LeAn

Dear Reader, I've recently started the next book from my book list (without having finished previous books, but details, details). It's called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain . Yes, my readers. Yours truly is going to attempt (again) to learn how to draw. In preparation for this, I went to the local stationary store to buy supplies, specifically unruled paper and pencils. (I could have swiped these from the office, but decided that would be ethically questionable.) Paper is an easy thing to find at a stationary store, and so are pencils, in varieties ranging from 5H to 5B. No #1s. No #2s. No #4s. No conversion chart. So I guessed blindly at what I wanted - and guessed wrong! Let's see if you can do better. There are 3 chances this week! Question #3: What is the American Equivalent of an International 'HB' pencil? Question #4: What does the 'H' in 'HB' stand for? Question #5: What does the 'B' in 'HB' stand for? Good l...

Australians side with the Americans. Eggplant is Eggplant.

Consider: The English were responsible for coining the name "Eggplant" in regards to a variety with egg shaped, white fruit that they became familiar with, yet strangely, they refer to them today by the French name of Abergine[ sic ], which is a corruption of the Catalonian name "Alberginia". from http://www.seedfest.co.uk/tips/eggplant_basicoverview.html Now, we know that Americans call eggplant eggplant, and the English call eggplant aubergine. Botanists of course call it Solanum Melongena. What do Australians call Eggplant? Submit your answer; win your postcard! ~~~ LeAn

Pub Quiz Question #1 was: What do the English call English muffins? The answer: Muffins As evidence, I offer the following link to the Kingsmill baked goods website, specifically, the muffins page. To confirm, I also showed an English muffin* to an English co-worker and asked, "What's this?" Her response was, "It's a muffin." So there you have it. Unfortunately, there were no correct responses. But don't worry, Pub Quiz Question 2 will be posted soon... ~~~ LeAn *I'm American, so to me, these muffins will always be English.

Dear Reader, To encourage blog participation, I am going to begin posting the occasional pub quiz question. The first correct answer will win a postcard from my extensive collection of postcards-bought-with-you-in-mind-but-never-sent. So submit your answer and get what's rightfully yours anyway! If no one submits the correct answer, I'll post it about a week after the question goes up. Today's question: What do the English call English muffins? With pen and postcard in hand, ~~ LeAn