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@Pani Korunova Winnie the Pooh says “‘cos” a lot, if I remember correctly. Maybe that’s a BRITICISM though.

@Naud count me as another person stumped by ScARF/cCO!

@JeffInNatick I was going to respond with a gallant defense of Natick — a charming town, becoming more desirable by the day on the real-estate market — so I’m glad you posted!

@Sam Lyons love your mini history of the Balts! But I don’t think an Oscar-winning actor and a current major celebrity can be called Naticks. Trivia is ok, just not excessively obscure trivia.

@Jeanne oh, i thought it meant the warming ROBE a basketball player wears when they’re temporarily sitting on the sidelines during a game!

@N.E. Body me too — EGG EGG EGG! I don’t know any Jason Mraz songs and I was skeptical that he wrote one with “Egg” in the title, but I was trying to make it work. There must be a name for that impulse toward a more concrete, visual solution.

@Gig it’s worth memorizing RAMI Malek since his short, vowel-rich name seems to come up in crosswords regularly. I also keep misremembering the spelling as Remi, so I empathize!

@Eliza W But AVEDON obscure?!? I can’t think of a rival to him for the title of most important fashion photographer of the 20th century. Annie Liebowitz, perhaps, but I think of her as a celebrity portraitist, not mainly a fashion photographer. I don’t even think there’s a 21st century equal.