This morning Kristine was asking me about the word appendix. "The organ or the addition to a paper?" I ask. "Addition to a paper," she clarifies.

We talk about how appendix can also be a verb. "To appendix something," I state. I then go off on a mini-rant about how almost anything can be turned into a verb. "Shoe. Sandwich. Green. They can all be turned into verbs."

"That's what I love about the English language," Kristine says. "It's very flexible."

I nod in agreement and stretch my arms over my head. "The English language is like a woman who has been doing yoga for years."