October 2011
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dawgehsuit-deactivated20111110- asked: Just wanted to say that I admire what you are doing. Cheers, buddy!
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Unlike yesterday’s word gas, the word liquid is both ancient and virtually unchanged in meaning and form. Our form comes from the Latin adjective liquidus which in turn comes from the Latin verb liquere meaning to melt or flow. In science, liquid was one of the three states of matter along with gas and solid until the twentieth century. While the word liquid entered English in the late...
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14-billion-years-later asked: How have I been ignorant of your blog up until this point?!
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Climate
The word climate entered the English language in Scotland in the 14th century from France based on the Latin root clima-, from the earlier Ancient Greek klima- meaning inclination or slope. The Ancient Greek word klima- derived from klin- meaning to lean-which was the root for many words-lying down, chairs, beds, reclining. The sense was that the inclination of the Earth gave an...