"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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