Quiz Addictz
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
The phrase X referring to New York City was first used in a 1909 book, The Wayfarer in New York edited by Edward S. Martin. In a metaphor explaining the sentiment in the Midwest that the city receives more than a fair share of the nation's wealth, he explains: " 'New York [was] merely one of the fruits of that great tree whose roots go down in the Mississippi Valley, and whose branches spread from one ocean to the other... [But] X [New York ] gets a disproportionate share of the national sap’. What is X?
that's rite........it's Big Apple....Cracked by And-E
that's rite........it's Big Apple....Cracked by And-E
Monday, 20 June 2011
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