History of Some Words


	History of Some Words

Sheroug

5-15-2008 5:28 AM

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words, history, meaning, english, oigin

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5-15-2008 6:36 AM

alanocu

had not heard "house the sword" before....

5-15-2008 6:53 AM

Brimstone

Alan thats really funny.

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5-15-2008 2:29 PM

carrerinyes

A very slippery slope we're on here guys...!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/64fd7105-4fd5-407b-b248-34ac567bacb4/AFF378A5-41CD-442B-B03B-B1C3BB789BD6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html" href="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html" style="font-size: 11px;">mochaccinochai.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">when we label people a certain way our experiences and interactions with, opinions, thoughts and feelings about, those people will be determined by that label</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">For instance, if we label someone 'depressed' not only will our own interactions with that person be coloured by that term, their experiences with the world will be too.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">Have you ever wondered where words come from? </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">For instance, did you know that the word 'vagina' comes from a <A href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=f2d-11Y_u3cC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=origins+of+the+word+vagina&source=web&ots=2n6b6vQGon&sig=paogefRWfz3ccn4NtmNpd3QahRs&hl=en#PPA60,M1">Latin word</A> which meant 'sheath' or something which covers a sword</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">Hmm...I wonder what sword they were referring to</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">So the female gentalia only exists in reference to the male member. The role of the female gentalia is only to house the 'sword.'</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">And then there's the saying 'rule of thumb.' This was based on an <A href="http://www.mindlesscrap.com/origins/more-c.htm#R">old English law</A> which stated that a man could not beat his wife with something that was thicker than his thumb. Ah well jeez...thank you so much.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">Many words</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">originate </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">as a result of colonial occupation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mochaccinochai.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-words.html">'<A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/history/thugs.shtml">thug</A>,' '<A href="http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/bungalow">bungalow</A>,' <A href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=hindi&searchmode=none">'cushy,' 'loot,' and 'cummerband</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AFF378A5-41CD-442B-B03B-B1C3BB789BD6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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