Where does the word world come from?
Middle English erthe (earth)Old English eorþe (earth) Germanic erþō (earth)Icelandic jörð (earth) / Swedish jord (earth)compare Turkish yurt (land) yer (earth)Lithuanian: érdvė (earth)Ancient Greek: ἔραζε éraze (on the earth)Arabic أَرْض arḍ / Hebrew אֶרֶץ ereḍ / Ugaritic: erḍ (earth)Akkadian erḍetu (earth) related to İrîtu (Eridu)Sumerian Eridu (the first place of mankind, first city) +ki (place)
Which word has changed the world?
The 'f' word.In many ways, for the example slaves saying it to masters and making the world free place. also us saying to 'the man' and 'guys at the top' and fighting our daily lives by perusing our dreams. I think more than 'Eureka', the 'F' word build the courage to explore and change our world. This world was changed by David's fighting the Goliath's. And I am sure that when my favorite historic character, Giordano Bruno, was burned alive by Roman Inquisition in 1600 for his outrages view that Sun is just another star, he was yelling 'F*** you, its just a star!'.
What are some words you would use to describe world war 2?
My PARENTS WAR, they fought against a enemy that was easy to hate, the reason didn't have a cloud around it. It could be called justice. I onced sat in a kitchen w/ my friend and noticed his mom hurrying about to making orange juice for him and me, i noticed she had a very small set of numbers on her wrist, when she saw me looking she smiled and rolled her sleves down. Later I brought it up to Eli and he told me, then we talked about how it seemed all our friends had parents who did things, my uncles both army sargents were in the phillipines against Japan ( I hold no hatred for Japan). I suppose the words would be Justice, Bravery and Reason!
Boy Meets World - word problem...?
The reason is that they are washing the SAME car. After the second washing, any additional washing is unnecessary--and doesn't accomplish anything. Remember "Alex washes THE SAME car in 8-minutes." If they work together, how long will it take to wash THE SAME car? Well, the SAME car can't be washed again--because it isn't dirty, yet. It would depend on how long it takes to get THE SAME car dirty. Ergo, "No Answer."
How in the world did the word urinate become pee, and same with bowel movement turing into poop?
Word origins can be very interesting to study, I encourage you to do it. It can be even more so when you study "taboo" words. Just be cautious when you do. There are a lot of conflicting theories about certain words and many times, we simply just don't know. But "pee" I can explain. First of all, remember that the English language has absorbed word origins largely from Latin and Greek as well as all other European languages. The second thing to understand, when talking about "taboo words" is the concept of a euphemism. Euphemisms are words that are used to take the place of an offensive word. The funny thing is, it is often the TOPIC that is offensive rather than the word. Euphemisms tend to have a strange pattern of initially being acceptable, only to later become a "dirty word" itself - causing new euphemisms to take their place! "pee" is actually the letter "P". this was used as an "innocent" way to abbreviate the modern word of "piss." the funny thing is, in many preschool type locations, "pee" is no longer acceptable and "tinkle" or "wee" are used instead. Each word is no more "good" or "bad" than any other. It's how your audience accepts them is the trick. "Piss" is an imitative word. In other words, it was created because, well, that's what it sounds like when you pee. pssssssss. And while I don't know for certain, I can easily see that "piss" was at one time a euphemism in an attempt to not use ANY word for the act of urinating. the word urinate appears in the mid 16th century in Latin with the specific meaning of passing urine. where does the word urine come from? we received the concept of "urine" being related to, well, "pee" sometime around the 14th century from Old French. That "urine" was derived from the 12th century Latin word "urinare" which meant "to plunge under water" which is also co-related to the Greek ouron, meaning roughly the same thing. now you know ... go impress your friends! (just don't piss them off) ; )
Where in the world did the word..'tallywacker'..come from anyway?
I don't feel like doing the in-depth research on that one, but thanks for the good laugh. Tallywhacker!....Doo Doo!...Ointment!....I 'm dyin' over here!
Did the word processor change the world?
No, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that word processing changed the world - but it certainly changed the way people worked with texts.Case in point: When I went to university (which feels like a century or more ago), all students typed their papers by typewriter. Word processors existed back then, but they were typically immensely expensive, dedicated systems in use only in the corporate world, with 10 inch floppy disks, and WYSIWYG was a thing of the future.It was common to come across colleague students in tears because their professor had suggested they add a paragraph of page two of their 48 page seminar paper, which of course meant having to re-type the entire thing. This changed, of course, when word processing became readily available. Because it became trivial to edit the text and re-print it.Of course, this meant that it became more feasible to edit the text, and here lies the crux of the matter. Some writers (academic or not) ended up caught in an endless spiral of “just one more change…” - and I am convinced that this had caused more than one nervous breakdown. Because… a text isn’t really ever truly “finished”. It is easy to tweak it just a little more.So we writers have had to learn a new skill: “Letting our text go.” Calling it a day. Accepting that although you could go on and on and on tweaking the text, it’s got to the point where the tweaks are no longer improving the text. Often on the contrary.Some people struggle with this more than others. If you tend to be a perfectionist, then this is going to be very tough for you.I think that this aspect has been more disruptive to the text-creating world (authors, copy writers, handbook writers, journalists…) than the layout options and the ease with which you can make a text “look pretty”.Question: Did the word processor change the world?
If no one could speak a single word in this world, what would happen?
Nothing that big.You see, people nowadays are slaves of the internet. No one really speaks to each other. We just type, and the other reads, as is happening right now. We would have videos as a memory to what were we. Many people will learn languages, but no one will speak up, for the world is now silent.The only noises that we would here would be of typing, snoring, breathing, etc.The BBC did an experiment about people not speaking for a month to see how they react. In short, it went really well; you can read a detailed article here.
How did England Prepare for World war 1 (400 words) 10 points?
Britain did not start World War 1, in fact Britain was a very reluctant participant, being dragged in to it by the French and Belgiums. Britain was allied to France by a loosely worded treaty which placed a "moral obligation" upon Britain to defend France, Britain therefore declared war against Germany on 4 August, 1914. Britain's reason for entering the conflict also lay in another direction: she was obligated to defend neutral Belgium by the terms of a 75-year old treaty. With Germany's invasion of Belgium on 4 August 1914, and the Belgian King's appeal to Britain for assistance, Britain committed herself to Belgium's defence later that day. Like France, she was by extension also at war with Austria-Hungary. With Britain's entry into the war, her colonies and dominions abroad variously offered military and financial assistance, and included Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa. The War was started by idiotic alliances throughout Europe, the flashpoint being the Baltic States and the Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. In terms of preperation Britain and Germany has been engaging in an arms race for years. Arms Race (From WIKI) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I The German industrial base had, by 1914, overtaken that of Britain, though Germany did not have the commercial advantages of a large empire. In the years running up to the war a race to possess the strongest navy arose between Britain and Germany, each country building large numbers of Battleships. The naval race between Britain and Germany was intensified by the 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary craft whose size and power rendered previous battleships obsolete. Britain also maintained a large naval lead in other areas particularly over Germany and Italy. David Stevenson described the arms race as "a self-reinforcing cycle of heightened military preparedness."David Herrmann viewed the shipbuilding rivalry as part of a general movement in the direction of war.The revisionist Niall Ferguson, however, argued Britain's ability to maintain an overall lead signified this was not a factor in the oncoming conflict. The cost of the arms race was felt in both Britain and Germany. The total arms spending by the six Great Powers (Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Italy) increased by 50% between 1908 and 1913.
How in the world did the bastard word 'burglarize' come about? The proper word is 'burgle'. And when did 'evidence' become a verb? I was taught that the verb was 'evince'.
Evidence means proof, I didn't think it could be used a verb.Evince means to “put forth”, or reveal/to make something apparent; make something evident.I guess to make something “evidenced” means to make evidence (or that which is evident) evinced.