I'm gonna differ slightly with Ignatius on this one - original rock and roll was made by fusing black blues with white-trash hillbilly music. It was still considered "race music". But yeah, I think the label came later.
Actually, hang on... this etymology site claims the word was "first attested in 1956". The word "rock" as a verb pertaining to music goes back to 1948, and although "rock and roll" had been a blues euphemism for having sex as early as the 30s, it only described a distinct style of music in 1954. "Rockabilly" came after "rock and roll" but before "rock music."
Go figure.
what's the significant difference between college and university in N.America?
A university has a graduate department - gives out Masters and Doctorates. A college, in almost all cases, doesn't - only goes up to the Bachelors level.
Vocational/trade stuff is usually the realm of tech schools and "community colleges" - where you get an Associate's Degree.
In some universities, "colleges" are used to describe subsidiary parts of the school, as in "College of Medicine," or (in the case of Rice University) to describe residence halls.
Here's a question: should the words "Masters" and "Bachelors" above have apostrophes? And if so, where?
Who takes Harry Potter to the opticians (before he gets to Hogwarts)? It is unlikely to be the Dursleys, who wouldn't pay the money for his specs if they won't even buy him clothes, and it can't be school or Social Services because I suspect if they took that minimal amount of interest in his well-being they would notice that he is being kept in a cupboard and put him into care. So, who?
It's the school. The fact that he lives in a cupboard under the stairs is kept well-hidden by the Dursleys, besides which, the school nurse doesn't make house calls.
Better question: if he can do magic, and is at a school where the medical staff can *regrow broken bones*, why doesn't he just get his eyes *fixed*? |
