Ian's Messy Desk
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. -A.A. Milne
Saturday, February 08, 2003God's Own Dictionary
10:59:58 PM # Speak Up [] - See Also: Words
You won't believe the words that didn't exist until the first English translations of the Bible.
Without the English translations of the Bible hundreds of years ago, adolescents wouldn't go through puberty, we wouldn't be able to satisfy our appetites, and Keanu Reeves wouldn't have starred in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
According to Coined By God: Words and Phrases That First Appear in English Translations of the Bible (published this month by W.W. Norton), puberty, appetite, and excellent are among more than 100 English words, phrases, rhythms, and idioms coined in Bible translations. [blogs4God]
10:59:58 PM # Speak Up [] - See Also: Words
Quote
Alfred A. Knopf. "An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible." [Quotes of the Day]
9:14:20 AM # Speak Up [] - See Also: Quotations
Alfred A. Knopf. "An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible." [Quotes of the Day]
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WOTD
melee: Dictionary.com Word of the Day. melee [Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
9:11:17 AM # Speak Up [] - See Also: WOTD
melee: Dictionary.com Word of the Day. melee [Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
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