Know / Unknown history of words

Know some unknown history of words................................

 

MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.

POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.

BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.

FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).

DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.

NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S..

AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.

 

JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.

QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.

TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.

JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'. GP was changed into JEEP later.

 

 

Interesting Facts

·         Coca-Cola was originally green

·         The most common name in the world is Mohammed

·         The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with

·         The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue

·         TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard

·         Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

·         You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

·         It is impossible to lick your elbow

·         People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

·         It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

·         The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language

·         If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die

·         Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history   

o    Spades - King David

o    Clubs - Alexander the Great

o    Hearts - Charlemagne

o    Diamonds - Julius Caesar

·         If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle

·         If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle

·         If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

·         What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women.

·         A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out

·         A snail can sleep for three years

·         All polar bears are left handed

·         Butterflies taste with their feet

·         Elephants are the only animals that can't jump

·         In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated

·         On average, people fear spiders more than they do death

·         Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'

·         ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand

·         The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated

·         The electric chair was invented by a dentist

·         The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet

·         Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants

·         Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times

·         The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

·         Most lipstick contains fish scales

·         Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

Life in the 1500'S‏

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

These are interesting...

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."

Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor."

The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet , so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying, "thresh hold."

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, nine days old"

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of "holding a wake."

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and re-use the grave. When re-opening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."

The woman in your life

Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well.

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are;

Who is earning almost as much as you do;

One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are;

One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements

One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as much as you do for 20-25 years of her life;

One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family ,name

One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen

One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more, and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother, a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than  you;

One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;

Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply

Because you won't like it, even though you say otherwise

One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;

One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important, relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her;

One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it.

But not many guys understand this......

Please appreciate "HER"

I hope you will do....

Funny Quote - Women

'Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.

So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit.'

Money has no memory. Experience has.

Money has no memory. Experience has. You will never know what the total cost of your education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother's life or the life you get to live with the just born. You won't remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.

Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come… life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full… sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and you still had reasons to smile. Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone. All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all.

·         The first time you balanced yourself on your cycle without support…

·         The first time she said 'yes' and it was two years since you proposed…

·         The first cry… the first steps… the first word… the first kiss… all of your child…

·         The first gift you bought for your parents and the first gift your daughter gave you…

·         The first award… the first public appreciation… the first stage performance…

And the list is endless… Experiences, with timeless memory…

No denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.

So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Nice time to train the employees, create leadership availability and be ready for the wonderful times when they arrive. Hey! Aspects like your health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.

Time will pass… economy will revive… currency will soon be in current… and in all this, I don't want you to look back and realise you did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make you lose out on money. Let it not make you lose out on experiences… If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you have, you will still not be happy.

Make a statement with the way you live your life: How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have.

60 Uses of Salt!

Although you may not realize it, simple table salt has a great number of uses other than simply seasoning your food. The following list will give you sixty uses of salt, many of which you probably didn't realize:

1.    Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.

2.    Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.

3.    Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.

4.    Put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker for easier pouring.

5.    Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.

6.    Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink; bad ones float.

7.    Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.

8.    A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.

9.    Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.

10.  Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.

11.  Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.

12.  Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.

13.  Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.

14.  Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they will crack out of their shells whole. Just tap the end of the shell with a hammer to break it open easily.

15.  Boil clothespins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.

16.  Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour

17.  Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.

18.  Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.

19.  Clean your iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface.

20.  Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster.

21.  Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.

22.  To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make a stiff putty

23.  Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.

24.  Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.

25.  Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.

26.  Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.

27.  Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.

28.  A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.

29.  Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for a while.

30.  A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea.

31.  Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.

32.  Soak your clothes line in salt water to prevent your clothes from freezing to the line; likewise, use salt in your final rinse to prevent the clothes from freezing.

33.  Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.

34.  Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water

35.  Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.

36.  Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them the next day to remove burned-on stains.

37.  Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.

38.  Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.

39.  Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor.

40.  Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash.

41.  Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.

42.  Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.

43.  Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.

44.  Soak discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains.

45.  Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.

46.  Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.

47.  Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.

48.  Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odor.

49.  A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee.

50.  Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will come out matched.

51.  Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator.

52.  Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later.

53.  Remove offensive odors from stove with salt and cinnamon.

54.  A pinch of salt improves the flavor of cocoa.

55.  To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to four parts alcohol.

56.  Salt and lemon juice removes mildew.

57.  Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don't want grass growing.

58.  Polish your old kerosene lamp with salt for a better look.

59.  Remove odors from sink drainpipes with a strong, hot solution of salt water.

60.  If a pie bubbles over in your oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spilled juice. The mess won't smell and will bake into a dry, light crust which will wipe off easily when the oven has cooled

Friends, Do You Have Answer to All These Questions???

WHY ?????????

WHY ????????????

It's not about me, it's not about you. It's about the place we stay in, the society we live in, the systems we have!!

·     I often wonder when a mosquito bites us why do I think of a repellant, why a coil or hit why don't I have the courage to question my municipality?

·    Why do I buy water in a bottle? Why do I purify water at my home? Does the water bill say that the tap water is only for washing clothes or having a bath? Why don't I get drinking water in my tap?

·         Why should I pay a toll tax on every single black, nice looking road? Why a basic road is not my right?

·         Why do I buy an inverter or dream of a generator? Why don't I get current in my wires?  

·         Why do we call the private schools as public schools ... I always thought schools run by the government should be called public schools!!

·         Why the cricketer who sold the ethics of game sits in parliaments or come as experts on channels?  

·         Why someone known for beating his wife and had charges of holding drugs is a celebrity to judge dance shows and all of us watch and clap too.

·         Why is it that the so called high profile tainted journalists still run public shows and we all watch it?

·         Why don't I know the fine on jumping red light or for not wearing a helmet but am very well aware of power of 100 rupees, the cost of duty of most of the traffic guys across the country.. 

·         Why is a girl raped in a roaming car in the capital of the country almost every month and all that the government says is that girls should be careful.

·         Why does the trial and judgment of social activists just takes a few weeks but Raja, Raju, Reddy roams around!!

·         Why even after killing hundreds of people on road the blue line buses remained on roads? Do you know any city apart from the capital of your country where the city buses crushed people on a daily basis?  

·         Why didn't we come on the roads when someone made elephants of stones for thousands of crores rupees in U.P. where people still dig pits to sleep or die of hunger?

·    Why a tainted, corrupt minister is called to IIM and Academy for IAS and applauded unstopped on his desi style?

·         It’s so easy to call someone corrupt but have you ever thought; The act of bribe starts by giving not by taking ... it starts from me not from him or her ... so why don't I look at myself first?

·         I strongly believe that the Logic is always for NOT doing something ... Doing does not need logic, doers don't believe in logics!!

·         Just a couple of years back some people came and played with us, killed our pride and people. We were angry ... some people thought that the attack in Mumbai was on rich people and therefore something would change.

·         Nothing happened.. we all go to Gateway of India on every anniversary in November, burn some wax, sing some songs and come back. Nothing changes- the government is back, Z security is back and people are back at the Gateway of India

·         It's time to come out, stand up...move.. do something.. Sitting in drawing rooms or discussing over a mug of beer will not solve anything..

Please remember this country does not need thinkers any more, enough of them.. What you need is action..

ACT NOW¦

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