Even wondered about the origin of the word “ok”? Some people say that the word “okay” is an acronym of “Oll Korrect“; however, a probable approach is that, during the American Civil War, there was a custom to write in the daily report the number of deads; if none, they wrote 0 killed, or […]
I could guess that people used to consider work as a torture thanks to … word etymology!
In fact, in the Middle Age, there used to be a torture instrument called “tripalium“, which consists of attaching the hands and feet of the condemned to 4 horses in order to quarter him.
Very cruel! but what does […]
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