n Word of the week: “aglet.” Familiar to crossword fans, it is the sheath at the tip of a shoelace. It is derived from an old French word meaning “little needle.”
n Ten years before her starring role as Agent 99 on the sitcom “Get Smart,” Barbara Feldon won the top prize on the TV game show “The $64,000 Question” as an expert on William Shakespeare.
A native of New York is a New Yorker, and a native of Boston is a Bostonian. What is the correct term for a native of Winnipeg, capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba?
A) Winnipegger
B) Peggie
C) Winnipeggite
D) Peggian
Saturday’s answer: As stated in Sophocles’ play “Antigone,” “There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.”
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