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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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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