I've had a look at Google, Yahoo, Bing and Exalead, also Dogpile and Metasearch - information overload! I didn't realise how huge and extensive Google is with so many options for extending a search. Wonder wheel is great, offering related ideas and topics for information.
I searched all the search engines for the meaning of the phrase 'Gone for a Burton'. They all came up with plenty of hits, also unrelated stuff including someone's blog with that title. Google had a satisfying explanation from Wikianswers, which said -
Gone for a Burton comes from "Going for a Beer". During the Second World War it was used in black humour when someone died in battle. Usually the RAF.
They had not died or had gone missing, they had only slipped out for a Beer. Burton's being one of the biggest Breweries and Brands of Beer at that time.
My next search was 'Growing courgettes in NZ'- a vast difference between the search engines in the number of results: Exalead 197, Bing 545, Yahoo 5020 and Google a whopping 32,400!
At present Google would have to be my first port of call for information because of familiarity and the wealth of information. It was interesting to try out the others though and to know there are other options available.
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