If the words “Tom Holland” and “Umbrella” make you smile - or swoon! - please enjoy this Insider article about making it happen!

Tom Holland, Zendaya's 'Lip Sync Battle': How It Happened https://www.insider.com/tom-holland-zendaya-lip-sync-battle-umbrella-oral-history-2021-5

Bellwether. That's how it's spelled. Not bellweather or belle-weather. Why?

It's a metaphor. A "wether" is a neutered male sheep. Sheep follow a leader. Shepherds would put a bell on a wether, a leader, and the flock of ewes and lambs would follow him. So when the shepherds would hear the wether's bell, they'd know the flock was nearby. (Real shepherds, please chime in!)

Hence the metaphor -- a bellwether is an early sign of something.

#editing #metaphors #sheep

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Lovely! Reviewing Elizabeth I Regina’s hand is a well-spent time. I really admired her take on Tacitus:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-elizabethi-idUSKBN1Y30XD