The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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