Jumped Up Bald-Headed - 11 November 2013

<p>What do your pronouns say about your own psychological makeup? If you use the word I a lot, does it mean you're a leader . . . or a follower? A surprising study suggests that people of lower status in a group tend to use I the most. Also, a look at why businesses intentionally misspell the names of their products. Sometimes it's a smart marketing strategy -- and sometimes it's a necessity. Plus, bunt vs. butt, Duck Duck Gray Duck vs. Duck Duck Goose, alumnae vs. alumni, the silent s in island, throwing a wobbly, and Holy old jumping up baldheaded! <br /><br />FULL DETAILS<br /><br />Companies sometimes intentionally misspell a product's name in order to get customers' attention. These deliberate mistakes, such as Cheez Whiz, Krispy Kreme, and Froot Loops, are also called sensational spelling or divergent spelling.<br /><br />Restekuchen, or baked goods made with leftover ingredients, are popular in Germany, where their name translates as "scrap cake."<br /><br />From the Twitter feed of @anagramatron comes this apt pair of anagrams: Annoying kids all around me anagrams to I sound like an angry old man. <br /><br />Turn the music down, it doesn't need to be on boydog! Have you heard this synonym for "the highest level"?<br /><br />To throw a wobbly means lose self-control in a panic or temper tantrum, or to cause consternation by acting in a surprising way.<br /><br />Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game about funny softball team names. For example, the real-life name of the Whitney Museum's employee softball team? Why, they're the Whitney Houstons, of course.<br /><br />If you were stranded on a desert island, wouldn't you get to thinking how odd it is that we don't pronounce the s in island? It was added during the Renaissance in an attempt to make the word look more like its Latin source, insula.<br /><br />Say cheese! isn't the only phrase photographers use to get people to smile. Sometimes French speakers ask the subject of a photo to say ouistiti, which means "marmoset." Omniglot has a collection of these te