[Pie Barm] One of the things I miss most about living in the UK is its breakfast sandwiches from manchester. Usually some mix of sausage, egg, bacon, beans on a big white barm/bap. Can't seem to get anywhere near as good sandwiches here in Canada. [1]
[Erstwhile] There word ere is still used almost the same as its Aer root word [2]
[Ogden's Basic English] XKCD had a play on this [3] using the first 1000 most common words. The Simple english version of wikipedia also feeds off of this basic 850 set [4]
[boh!] Was referenced in the most recent spider man movie [5]
[Why we can smell copper] Nile red had a video in 2019 where he synthesized the organic compound that is created by touching copper [6]
[1] https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/great-british-breakfast-...
[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ere
[4] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_Sim...