Word of the week: “proamta.” It’s a legal term for a paternal great-aunt. In other words, a sister of one’s grandfather
Boise, the capital of Idaho (pronounced by natives “BOY-see,” not “BOY-zee,” by the way), is also the seat of Ada County. Idaho has a Boise County, but Boise isn’t in it. None of this is at all relevant to today’s Boise question: What is the correct term for a resident of Boise?
A) Boiser
B) Boisite
C) Boisean
D) Boisese
Friday’s answer: Benjamin Franklin was one of the six men to have signed both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The other five are all much less known today than Ben.
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