Can you believe December starts tomorrow? We're going to be sharing Advent Anagrams next month, so if you enjoy a good puzzle, make sure you stay tuned! In the meantime, here's a round-up of this month's posts! I've spent November exploring the influences of Latin on the English language. I finally know what 'ad hoc' means, and have developed a (perhaps unhealthy) habit of telling every new person I meet where 'Thursday' got its name from. You can find the links to my posts below. Latin expressions in English - Part One Latin expressions in English - Part Two Where the months get their names from Where the days of the week get their names fr...
On November 11th every year, Armistice Day is commemorated to mark the Armistice (a truce to suspend hostilities) signed at eleven o’clock on eleventh day of the eleventh month 1918, ending the First World War. However, despite the armistice several hostilities continued in other regions. The commemoration has widely been re-dubbed Remembrance Day or in the U.S All Veteran’s Day due to subsequent conflicts. This ceremony honours all veterans, living, dead or still in action and a separate day is observed solely to honour the war dead ‘Memorial Day’, a commemoration more akin to Armistice Day. The word Armistice is yet another Latin compound, ‘arma’ meaning arms and ‘stice’ coming from ‘s...
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