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Say, I wondered what the "baro" meant in barometric pressure - ya know, weather. Turns out it is from a Greek word for 'weight'. How about that! Everyone has weather.
Why does every word in the english language come from some Greek word? I understand the Greek connection to the bible. Just don't get it with everything else.
just signed up for a half marathon. I have not been a runner in 5+ years so this will be fun. I've done a few halfs before but the last was in 2012. Time was around 1:50. Now I am just looking to finish.
My daughter turns 16 in 3 weeks and will be eligible to drive if she can pass the test. I need meds! Maybe just alcohol, but I dont drink much. Any advice?
I just got engaged on Saturday! She's a keeper for sure.
Congrats!!
pay to have her go to driving school
the cost is well worth the stress you'll save trying to teach her ha
Those new Stepford models are something else. Good luck with it, I mean "her" - you know what I mean. Wink.
congrats! I am getting married at the end of May so I was where you are just a few months ago
it is a fun time, enjoy being engaged.
a lot of Latin too. I took Latin in high school and I swear it helped my SAT verbal quite a bit. Has been useful in life just in general
Oh. I had forgotten about Latin. I wish my son's high school taught Latin. It would probably help him more than the Spanish that he's never going to speak.
Greek and Latin were taught in colleges as an essential part of the curriculum for any graduate. (Greek because Aristotle and Greek philosophers were highly esteemed and various math rules were of Greek origin, and Latin because of Roman law, Romance languages, plus literature of both.)
Recall that in the John Adams HBO series is mentioned that John Quincy would be taking Greek and Latin at Harvard (and was tutored before entry, I believe.) At some point first Greek dropped off, then Latin became optional. These "ancient" languages were thought to be universal standards and therefore scientific discoveries could be conveyed throughout the educated world most simply by using them (fragments of them) to make the new words needed to describe the discoveries and the new ways of thinking about things, such as classifying fauna and flora. I think that it is it a nutshell. Later discoveries were tied to the discoverers' names. A Pap smear is in actuality a Papanicolaou test, named for a Greek scientist in the 20th century.
I thought there might be someone named "Baro" in the invention of the barometer, plus I was having fun.
On our way with that. she finished an online part and we hope to do driving part soon. Thanks
Thanks for the info. I knew there had to be a good reason I just didn't know or had forgotten.
Sad I'm gonna miss the spring game and maybe first part of the season at least from home. Heading out the door for a few months, will try and follow as best I can, got my slingbox set up we will see about connectivity. ☹️
Last movie I saw in a theatre was Dunkirk, and I'm not a fan of most of the superhero movies that have flooded the market of late, but this Joker trailer has me psyched up. Joaquin Phoenix was born to play the part, and Heath Ledger would be proud. Wish I didn't have to wait until October...