nerdy pleasures
i did not know that "garde-robe" is french for closet, but it makes sense considering we also have the word "wardrobe" which is related of course. i just saw "garde-robe" on the side of the closet shelf organizer box i bought today and thought about medieval toilets...
posted by Ayesha | 5:09 PM
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Hmm, never thought about closets and medieval loos...
How you been? How's Musa? Two women I know have named their sons Musa - one is my best friend and I just love the name.
This reminds me of a thought I had the other day.
"Enta" in Arabic is "you" and "anta" in informal Japanese also means "you"!! Formal is "anata."
Languages are fascinating...
but the coolest interlingual word, i think, is "typhoon," cognate with Arabic/Urdu "tufaan" and apparently originating with the Chinese word "dafeng" (Mandarin) or "daaifoong" (Cantonese) - ie, "big wind."
hmm, nice to know there are so many other nerds out there :)
I guess I always knew that was the word for 15th century or later toilets. Strange facts that I know. Maybe it is all that genre reading for my writing. Nerds unite!!
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