I wonder sometimes what would be the oldest extant word based on technology no longer in use. Taping an interview? Dialing someone? https://twitter.com/hels/status/679059633949011970 …
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Ditto. My favourite printing etymology fact however, is that the Norwegian term “å falle i fisk” (‘to fall into fish’, meaning ’complete failure’) arises from the similarity of a collapsed forme of movable type to a swarm of silvery fish. :)pic.twitter.com/LqkwViw4L7
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I quite enjoy the fact that all Norwegians know that falling into fish means your plans were foiled by unfortunate circumstances, but virtually no one knows why that is, or questions the logic.
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