41. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Language (Life In The 1500s) Sources Ayto, John. Dictionary of word origins. New York Arcade Publishing, 1990. Encyclopediaof Word and Phrase Origins. New York Facts on File, 1997. http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.htm

Life in the 1500s Claim: The numerous current sayings listed in the popular "Life in the 1500s" e-mail sprang from ordinary living conditions in that era. Status: False. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1999] Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. She married at the age of 26. This is really unusual for the time. Most people married young, like at the age of 11 or 12. Life was not as romantic as we may picture it. Here are some examples: Anne Hathaway's home was a 3 bedroom house with a small parlor, which was seldom used (only for company), kitchen, and no bathroom. Mother and Father shared a bedroom. Anne had a queen sized bed, but did not sleep alone. She also had 2 other sisters and they shared the bed also with 6 servant girls. (this is before she married) They didn't sleep like we do length-wise but all laid on the bed cross-wise. At least they had a bed. The other bedroom was shared by her 6 brothers and 30 field workers. They didn't have a bed. Everyone just wrapped up in their blanket and slept on the floor. They had no indoor heating so all the extra bodies kept them warm. They were also small people, the men only grew to be about 5'6" and the women were 4'8". So in their house they had 27 people living.

42. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Language (What The Fuck?) John Ayto, in his Dictionary of word origins cites a proper name (probably a jokeor parody name) of John le Fucker from 1250, quite possibly proof the word http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm

What the Fuck? Claim: The word 'fuck' derives from an acronymic phrase, either 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' or 'Fornication Under Consent of the King.' Status: False. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 1999] The Genesis Did you know? . . . In ancient England single people could not have sex unless they had consent of the king. When people wanted to have a baby, they had to get the consent of the king, and the king gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F. U. C. K. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Hence that's where the word Fuck came from. Now, aren't you glad you learned something new today? [Collected on the Internet, 1997] In Christianized Anglo-Saxon Britain, invading kings would require that their troops would rape the women in a common demoralization procedure. Because fornication was against religious law, the rapists needed special religious permission, from the king. [Collected on the Internet, 1995] Have been informed by lawyer friend that acronym stands for "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," a legal offense of a few centuries back regarding out-of-wedlock, underage, etc. coupling. [Collected on the Internet, 1995]

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47. Word Origins And Meanings Of Economic Terms Lose no more sleep! A handy word origins list is presented below. Salary. The Latinword salarium, meaning salt allowance , is the origin of the word salary. http://www.louisville.edu/~bmhawo01/econpage/meanings.html

The Origins of Various Economic-related Terms Have you ever found yourself wondering where all those different words in your economics courses come from? Lose no more sleep! A handy word origins list is presented below. Each term is listed, so all you have to do is click on the word and you'll go right to a brief discussion of its origin. Bonds Coin Finance Salary ... Trade Bonds . This term is taken from the early English word band , which means a fastening. The word bond implies that one is "bound" to repay an obligation. Borrow . The word borrow derives from the Old English word borg , which means "pledge". Budget . In the Middle Ages, French merchants carried their money in a bougette , or "little bag". The word borrows from the Latin word bulga , meaning "a leather bag". Within the bag, one's monetary resources were kept. Business Business originally applied to a person suspected of taking part in mischievous activity. Eventually, it related to any type of activity, and later still to a type of vocation. Capital . This word comes ultimately from the Latin word for "head". The words

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50. Genealogy Resources On The Internet - Translations And Word TRANSLATIONS AND word origins MAILING LISTS. LATINWORDS (deciphering/interpretingLatin documents); NICKNAMES (origins of nicknames and names they belong to); http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_trans.html

Mailing Lists Usenet Newsgroups Telnet Sites Gopher Sites ... Email sites TRANSLATIONS AND WORD ORIGINS MAILING LISTS URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_trans.html Last update: April 18, 2003 by John Fuller, Register Resource Update Resource Report a Broken Link GEN-Documents (reading of old British documents) HessenGenWeb (Hessen and predecessors such as Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Kurhessen, and Rheinhessen) LATIN-WORDS (deciphering/interpreting Latin documents) NICKNAMES (origins of nicknames and names they belong to) OLD-ENGLISH (deciphering/interpreting old English documents) OLD-FRENCH (deciphering/interpreting French documents) OLD-GERMAN (deciphering/interpreting German documents) OLD-RUSSIAN (deciphering/interpreting Russian documents) OLD-WORDS (old words, phrases, names, abbreviations, and antique jargon useful to genealogy) PolishLessons (translating Polish documents) TRANSLATIONS (those who can help or need help in document translation) WORDS (English-English/American-English phrases and how they might have originated) GEN-Documents . A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information related to the reading of old British documents such as parish registers, wills, etc., including old handwriting and Latin. You can subscribe at

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From the publisher " For those seeking a well-written, up-to-date, etymological dictionary that sets forth its information in a understandable English,... the Dictionary of Word origins would be a good choice ." Verbatim What is the link between map and apron, acrobat and oxygen, zeal and jealousy, flour and pollen, secret and crime? Did you know that crimson comes originally from the name of tiny scale insects, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is made? That Yankee started life as a nickname for Dutchmen? That omelette evolved from amulettee, ?a thin sheet of metal,? and is a not-to-distant cousin of the word laminate? That jeans find their antecedent in jean fustian , meaning '? cotton fabric from Genoa'? The Dictionary of Word Origins uncovers the hidden and often surprising connections between words. Written in a clear and informative style, the more then 8,000 articles reveal the origins of and links between some of the most common English-language words. They also contain an extensive selection of words whose life histories are intrinsically fascinating or instructive. This dictionary shows how modern English has developed from its Indo-European roots and how the various influences on the language?from migration and invasion to exploration, trade, technology, and scholarship?have intermingled. It presents valuable, up-to-date information on new words and coinages, with entries on neologisms ranging from motel and xerox to the more recent yuppie and glasnost. The articles are cross-referenced and alphabetically organized, and provide both the year a word was first recorded in English and its key etymons.

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54. 22. Word Origins UNITED STATES EARLY RADIO HISTORY THOMAS H. WHITE. s e c t i o n 22, word origins.Next Section Early Government Regulation (19031946); http://earlyradiohistory.us/sec022.htm

U NITED S TATES E ARLY R ADIO H ISTORY THOMAS H. WHITE s e c t i o n Word Origins Next Section Early Government Regulation (1903-1946) Previous Section Fakes, Frauds, and Cranks (1866-1922) Home Page Table of Contents / Site Search Jump to Section... Home / Table of Contents / Site Search 1. Period Overview 2. The Electric Telegraph 3. News and Entertainment by Telephone 4. Personal Communication by Wireless 5. Radio at Sea 6. Early Radio Industry Development 7. Pioneering U.S. Radio Activities 8. Alternator-Transmitter Development 9. Arc-Transmitter Development 10. Audion and Vacuum-tube Receiver Development 11. Pre-War Vacuum-tube Transmitter Development 12. Pioneering Amateurs 13. Radio During World War One 14. Expanded Audion and Vacuum-tube Development 15. Amateur Radio After World War One 16. Broadcasting After World War One 17. Big Business and Radio 18. Broadcasting Becomes Widespread 19. The Development of Radio Networks 20. Financing Radio Broadcasting 21. Fakes, Frauds, and Cranks 22. Word Origins 23. Early Government Regulation 24. Original Articles

55. Word Origins: An Exploration And History Of Words And Language word origins An Exploration and History of Words and Language. Book word origins An Exploration and History of Words and Language Customer Reviews http://www.edu-books.com/Word_Origins__An_Exploration_and_History_of_Words_and_L

Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language by Authors: Wilfred John Funk , Wilfred Funk Released: 01 December, 1992 ISBN: 0517265745 Hardcover Sales Rank: List price: Our price: Book > Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language > Customer Reviews: Average Customer Rating: Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language > Customer Review #1: Every Word has a Story A lot of hard work and passion went into this book, and it shows. Mr. Funk has written a classic book on word origins which is fun for any scrabble lover, scholar, or souled individual. Arranged into topics from business to war to flowers, the author explains the most likely origins behind everyday words and expressions. "Laconic," for example, means brief and blunt. Its origins, more than 2600 years ago, take it back to the Greek Wars. The Laconians, when told by an ambassador that "if we come to your city we will raze the walls and kill everyone." The Laconians reply? "If." Or take the origins of the word "bread." Originally it meant a piece. With time, it came to mean the whole loaf. By reading through "word origins" you will learn that many words were named after people or places. Other words are corruptions of other languages. Some words are simple "borrowed" from other languages. (called "loan words," but who gives them back?) Some other words have origins lost in time. I enjoyed reading "Word Origins" and go back to it, again and again, when I am curious about a word or phrase. If you have any interest in this area, you should enjoy this book. Well done, a good read.

56. Dictionary Of Word Origins : Histories Of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words Dictionary of word origins Histories of More Than 8,000 EnglishLanguageWords. Dictionary of word origins Histories of More http://www.edu-books.com/Dictionary_of_Word_Origins__Histories_of_More_Than_8000

Dictionary of Word Origins : Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words Dictionary of Word Origins : Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words by Authors: John Ayto Released: 23 November, 1993 ISBN: 1559702141 Paperback Sales Rank: List price: Our price: You save: Book > Dictionary of Word Origins : Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words > Customer Reviews: Average Customer Rating: Dictionary of Word Origins : Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words > Customer Review #1: Wow I think this book may hold the record for most quickly becoming indispensible to me. It contains concise, single paragraph histories of the backgrounds of 8,000 words in our language. One thing I really enjoy about it is the way it combines presentations of the most common, everyday words with the coolest, most interesting ones. Offhand, one of my favorite words would have to be the word "guitar." Did you know that the word guitar started out as the Greek word "kithara," and came to English by means of two separate routes? On the one hand, it passed directly through Europe, by way of the Roman Empire, becoming "cithara" in Latin and then "citole" in Middle English. On the other hand, it went through North Africa with the Muslims as a "qitar" in Arabic, then into Spanish by way of the Moors as "guitarra," then into French as "guitare," then finally into English as "guitar." (A citole, by the way, for all you non-Chaucer fans out there, was a medieval stringed instrument that we no longer have with us.) lt;P>Thats just one word. There are 7,999 more entries like that, and all of them are amazing. This book is so worth the money it isnt even funny. Two million thumbs up.

57. Learn.co.uk - Learning Resources For The National Curriculum, Online Lessons, GC word origins, What do you know about the story of English? When was the languagefirst spoken? Make sure you look up origins of words in your dictionary. http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=1956

58. Etymology Of Neuroscience Terms See all words and meanings in a PDF file.. Think you know yourword origins? Test yourself with this online crossword puzzle. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neuroroot.html

Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological Terminology This table lists the original Greek and Latin meanings of neuroscience words. Most of the words are neuroanatomical terms, but neurological symptoms and disorders are also included. WORD MEANING abducens.....drawing away ablation.....carrying away acetylcholine.....vinegar bile adrenalin.....near the kidney afferent.....to carry agnosia.....no knowledge alar.....wing-like alveus.....canal amacrine.....long fiber ambidextrous.....both right ambiguus.....doubtful amblyopia.....dull vision amnesia.....forgetfulness ampulla.....small bottle amygdala.....almond aphasia.....no speech aqueduct.....water canal analgesia.....no pain aneurysm.....widening anesthesia.....no sensation ansa.....urn handle antitoxin.....against poison aphagia.....no eat aphasia.....no speech aqueduct.....water canal arachnoid.....spider web-like arbor vitae.....tree of life arcuate n......bow shaped astrocyte.....star-like cell ataxia.....not orderly

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UsingEnglish.com Home Articles Teachers Resources ... Advanced Search Menu: Search Amazon US Search Amazon UK Recommended Books Cafepress ... Shop Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language See Larger Image Book by Wilfred John Funk Wilfred Funk Our Price: Used Price: Media: Hardcover Publisher: Wings Released: 01 December, 1992 Availibility: Usually ships within 24 hours Customer Reviews: Every Word has a Story A lot of hard work and passion went into this book, and it shows. Mr. Funk has written a classic book on word origins which is fun for any scrabble lover, scholar, or souled individual. Arranged into topics from business to war to flowers, the author explains the most likely origins behind everyday words and expressions. "Laconic," for example, means brief and blunt. Its origins, more than 2600 years ago, take it back to the Greek Wars. The Laconians, when told by an ambassador that "if we come to your city we will raze the walls and kill everyone." The Laconians reply? "If." Or take the origins of the word "bread." Originally it meant a piece. With time, it came to mean the whole loaf. By reading through "word origins" you will learn that many words were named after people or places. Other words are corruptions of other languages. Some words are simple "borrowed" from other languages. (called "loan words," but who gives them back?) Some other words have origins lost in time. I enjoyed reading "Word Origins" and go back to it, again and again, when I am curious about a word or phrase. If you have any interest in this area, you should enjoy this book. Well done, a good read.

60. Dictionary Of Word Origins : Histories Of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words Dictionary of word origins Histories of More Than 8,000 EnglishLanguageWords. See Larger Image. Book by John Ayto List Price $19.95 http://www.usingenglish.com/amazon/us/1559702141.html

UsingEnglish.com Home Articles Teachers Resources ... Advanced Search Menu: Search Amazon US Search Amazon UK Recommended Books Cafepress ... Shop Dictionary of Word Origins : Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words See Larger Image Book by John Ayto List Price: Our Price: You Save: $5.98 (30% off) Used Price: Media: Paperback Publisher: General Released: 23 November, 1993 Availibility: Usually ships within 24 hours Product Description: Learn about the hidden and often surprising histories of and connections between English words and their non-English ancestors. Perhaps the best inexpensive etymological dictionary available today. Customer Reviews: Wow I think this book may hold the record for most quickly becoming indispensible to me. It contains concise, single paragraph histories of the backgrounds of 8,000 words in our language. One thing I really enjoy about it is the way it combines presentations of the most common, everyday words with the coolest, most interesting ones. Offhand, one of my favorite words would have to be the word "guitar." Did you know that the word guitar started out as the Greek word "kithara," and came to English by means of two separate routes? On the one hand, it passed directly through Europe, by way of the Roman Empire, becoming "cithara" in Latin and then "citole" in Middle English. On the other hand, it went through North Africa with the Muslims as a "qitar" in Arabic, then into Spanish by way of the Moors as "guitarra," then into French as "guitare," then finally into English as "guitar." (A citole, by the way, for all you non-Chaucer fans out there, was a medieval stringed instrument that we no longer have with us.)

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