Day 49 - Don't ask me what that says - it's all Greek to me
March 27th 2009 Ever wonder where we got the English word "gymnasium" from? I know I have...n't. (lol)
Perhaps it wasn't a shock that we borrowed the word from the Ancient Greeks, but what surprised the hell out of me was that it meant "place to be naked."
As in bare-bottomed, with all your bits and pieces on display for public inspection.
Er? I think we have another English equivalent to that though...i
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