Of the 387,000 jobs created last month, nearly half -- 169,000 -- were a result of an unusual spell of warm weather in mid-January, just when her department was taking its monthly job survey, she said.
In late November, as the Yucatán experienced an unusual spell of cool weather, I boarded a second-class bus in downtown Cancún to begin a trip inland and underground, a half-dozen cenotes on my itinerary.
It has an unusual spelling, but it is one in keeping with the era.
"Our name has always been important to me because of its unusual spelling," said Ms. Grace, 61.
She adopted the unusual spelling of her nickname, Susie, after seeing the Picasso collage "Glass and Bottle of Suze".
One watermark said "VenterInstitvte," using the unusual spelling because there is no amino acid represented by the letter "u".
The unusual spelling of her first name, combined with the cool, Irish-tough profunciation of her last — "Mackie" — made her what today might be called a brand, though the concept would have repelled her.
Just as she and Mailloux wanted to help Skylah stand out by giving her a name with an unusual spelling, they wanted to feel that the time they spent with her was special.
(He said that he drew the company's name from Aquiline's traditions of taking Latinate nomenclature for its companies; the unusual spelling for "tiger" apparently is acceptable under the rules of Latin).
The unusual spelling of her name was also a "mistake" and she says she had a "traumatic birth" – "forced out by a doctor who was in a hurry to go shopping and buy shoes".
They bought an off-the-shelf radio transmitter and receiver for about £80 and, along with a neighbour, persuaded St Andrew's, their local church in the village of Paull (where the young man got the unusual spelling of his name), to let them install the equipment on top of the bell tower.
