Odd factoids

[Mugshot]

Or at least owns one.

You own a male aged between 40 and 60?

 

[raleighnut]

You own a male aged between 40 and 60?

Yep, but my head thinks the body it is attached to is still 22................................sadly it ain't

I'm quite a 'Spiritual' kind of guy, My soul inhabits this body and to be honest it has served me well over the years...................................Unfortunately I've managed to batter the crap out of it through both work and pleasure but 'Hey-Ho'

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Indeed. And the fruit is called orange from a derivation of naranja, the Spanish word for the fruit.

Which came from Arabic 'naranj', taken from Persian 'narang'.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I love words and learning their etymology. I've just done a bit of further digging and the Arabic and Persian may in turn have come from a Sanskrit word nâgarang’a which translated as "fruit favoured by elephants".

 

[Threevok]

385 posts to this thread and every single contributor is male, aged between 40 and 60 and sometimes rides a bike.

Oh Great !

Am I being sexist without trying AGAIN ?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Surely sneezes come out of your nose?

At my age there's no telling where it'll exit.

 

[Drago]

Eric Pickles is sponsored by Ginsters.

 

[Dirk]

Which came from Arabic 'naranj', taken from Persian 'narang'.

Which in turn came from the old Borneo tribal word 'Orang'. Hence their name for the Orangutan - meaning 'orange tree hanger'.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Which in turn came from the old Borneo tribal word 'Orang'. Hence their name for the Orangutan - meaning 'orange tree hanger'.

I don't think it does, at least I can't find that suggestion on any etymological site. In Malay, the word orang means person/man and utan refers to forest or woods.

 

[Dirk]

I don't think it does, at least I can't find that suggestion on any etymological site. In Malay, the word orang means person/man and utan refers to forest or woods.

It was a joke.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It was a joke.

 

[jefmcg]

I love words and learning their etymology.

Testify and testicle have the same Latin root word (testis)

 

[swee'pea99]

Testify and testicle have the same Latin root word (testis)

Didn't Ancient Romans have to clasp their knackers before making a legal statement, sort of the Latin version of the 'truth, the whole truth...' bit? May my family jewels shrivel if I don't tell the truth, sort of thing? Or something?

 

[Threevok]

Didn't Ancient Romans have to clasp their knackers before making a legal statement, sort of the Latin version of the 'truth, the whole truth...' bit? May my family jewels shrivel if I don't tell the truth, sort of thing? Or something?

That reminds me....

The Romans invented the Carrier Bag

 

[jefmcg]

Didn't Ancient Romans have to clasp their knackers before making a legal statement, sort of the Latin version of the 'truth, the whole truth...' bit? May my family jewels shrivel if I don't tell the truth, sort of thing? Or something?

Genesis 24.