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- Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Apollonian
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5577
Re: Apollonian
Bacchus is the name of Dionysius not Apollo.
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: OK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8519
Re: OK
I disagree. Although I don't have a source for OK it certainly wouldn't be so silly as "oll korrect". I believe this is a question that we have not yet solved. Perhaps never.
- Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:52 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Christ
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11078
Christ
In the Christmas Good Word "Christ" it states that Jesus was born in the year 0. I would like to point out that there was no year 0. The year 1 BC was immediately followed by the year 1 AD. The concept of zero was not understood at that time.
- Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:25 am
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Looking for a word - please
- Replies: 10
- Views: 60614
Re: On a tangent . .
On a tangent, old English currency consisted of Pounds, shillings and pence - pennies to you Philistines -, the symbols for which were L, s and d. The "d" came from the Latin "denarius", for "penny", but the origin of the "L", which cannot be properly produce...
- Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HALLOWEEN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18072
Halloween
In "Halloween" it mentions that "most unholy of salutes, "Heil Hitler". However, in Austria and Germany "Heil" is a very common and normal salute still used in many special greetings, e.g. Schi Heil for skiers, Berg Heil for mountain climbers, Weidmanns Heil for hu...
- Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HALLOWEEN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18072
Re: HALLOWEEN
• Halloween • Pronunciation: hæ -lê-ween • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, proper Meaning: The night before All Saints Day, when English-speaking children run about (if not amuck) in scary costumes representing the menacing spirits of the dead. It is the tradition to play pranks on neighbors or offe...