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There's also another question, which I also posted a link to, that talks about the history of capitalizing nouns. – Mari-Lou A Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 16:11
I am looking for a word to contrast with neophile.Just as a neophile loves novelty for the sake of it, I want to describe a person who loves old or ancient things (may include the abstract, e.g. tradition or bygone mannerisms).
I think this says Googie and is the name of a cat in a list. "Not one of the pets Ever quarrels or scolds; They sleep and they wake And they crow and they coo And they talk in the language Of Google -goo-goo, (And they all take In Babyville there Are animals. too; tjaby kittens and bears". Probably nonsense word. Unknown, no preview: Link; Link
These are two: the " Dhasia", which is pronounsed as the English letter "h" and the "psili". The word "istoria" -in Greek "ιστορία" takes Dhasia above the letter "I" and therefore is pronounced historia or history. An example: in the word Ellen (name) the letter "E" takes Dhasia and is pronounced Helen.
Thus, Inachus, King of Argos, began his Reign in the Year before Christ 1856; with а very small Variation in the Spelling, 'tis his Name Inakus. The earliest use of B.C. I could find in an admittedly slapdash search of Google Books is from James Anderson & John Entick, The Constitutions of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and ...
The earliest use in print I found of the exact phrase "flip the bird" or "flipped the bird" or "flipping the bird" is from a 1967 Broadside (Volume 6, Issues 17-26).
I had understood BCE to mean "Before the Common Era" and CE as "Common Era", which was successful in removing Christianity from the year naming system. Well, successful in that the name changed, but not so successful since the numbers are still exactly the same, and still have an end and start at the traditional year of the birth of Christ.
The question of the etymology of hello is a fascinating puzzle.. According to the the OED it was originally an Americanism derived from the British hallo which has its origins in the Old German "halâ, holâ, emphatic imperative of halôn, holôn to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman."
So the best answer may well be that origin of the Minnesota name is lost to history, and any answers will be speculative. I noticed, however, that of all the variants played in different countries— le facteur ("the postman"), plumpsack (lit. "the plump sack"), 수건 돌리기 (loosely, "towel whirl")— only the Swedish name is similar to ...
The John Doe name itself has a very long history; English records of anonymous or unknown persons being called John Doe date back to the 1300s. The name "Roe" is also used, especially in court cases (most famously Roe v.