#HappyBirthday to Y'all (in the #December11 #BirthdayCohort with @RoyWoodJr & #MoNique @MoWorldwide & ALL the #FamousBirthdays @Bing lists) on #NationalAppDay @NationalDays101 @NationalDays365 @NationalDays11 | @HolidaysCalendr @BirthdayMates @YourTango @MySundayMass
National Days Today explains today's celebration of the #App in a report linked through 'that word' below; but first I want to understand that word better. And I find you understand words better if you look at 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum)
The word “App (short for #Application in reference to the #MobileApplication or the #ApplicationProgram 'designed to carry out specific tasks or solve specific problems within a larger system')” is built on ancient words that mean "to Fold (|Plait) To."
(\ #TheresAnAppForThat #Applet #Misapplication #Apps #Applications #Apply #Applies #Applied #Applying #Appicator #Appliance #Appliances #Reapply #Reapplies #Reapplying #Reapplied #Applique #Misapply #Misapplies #Misapplied #Misapplying #Applicant #Applicants #Applicable #Applicably)
I sometimes get a little 'thrill' from realizing that I have the same birthday as several famous people, and enough other people get that thrill from seeing their birthday-cohort (both the currently-famous & the probably-not-yet famous) that I figure it's worth doing 'one of these entries for every birthday' ...
This Day's Birthday-Cohort
Astrologically, their sign is Sagittarius ... no matter WHICH stars they were born under: Terry Garr, Rita Moreno, John Kerry, Nikki Sixx, Donna Mills, Rey Mysterio, Mos Def, George Mason (one of three almost-"Founding Fathers" (delegates who attended the U.S. Constitutional Convention, but refused to sign it), Mo'Nique, Jermaine Jackson (second-vocalist and bass guitarist of The Jackson Five), Willie Mae "Big Mama Thornton," Pope Leo X, Roy Wood Jr., Ben Browder
... and many others (most of whom are at the 'Birthday-Cohort' link)---
you might comment telling why we should recognize a special one I missed ...
Or maybe you'd like a reminder of 'where you've seen one of the ones we DO mention'; Ask in your comment!
Or maybe you'd like a reminder of 'where you've seen one of the ones we DO mention'; Ask in your comment!
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