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Originally Posted by Nookster
Didn't you know that "an" and "and" mean different things? Damned ignorant Canadians.
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I'm not given to commiting such typos, and in this case I blame...well I'm not sure what to blame. The board? Yesterday it was nigh on impossible to type anything with any degree of accuracy as there was a delay of a few seconds. You'd start typing AND the letters wouldn't appear for several seconds. It was maddening.
Anyway thanks for your correction officer grammarcop.
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Originally Posted by fmltube
A folk etymology incorrectly suggests that it is an acronym of the cardinal directions: north, east, west, and south.
However, it became known as National Early Warning System to alert the masses to impending danger.
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Originally Posted by DJ The Kid
One theory is that news was developed as a special use of the plural form of new in the 14th century. In Middle English, the equivalent word was newes, like the French nouvelles and the German neues. A somewhat similar development is found in at least three Slavic languages (Czech, Slovak and Polish), where there exists a word noviny ("news"), developed from the word nový ("new").
A folk etymology incorrectly suggests that it is an acronym of the cardinal directions: north, east, west, and south.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News#Etymology |
Actually the answer I have before me is "North East West and South", as was the answer in yesterday's "tough trivia" question on local radio. Personally I always thought it was derived from the plural of the word
new but the other answer of nat'l early warning system sounds plausible as well.
Interesting answers. - 10 points for googling though. :D