In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of the wordjeans, and also the place namesGenoaandGeneva. Jeansare trousers made from denim cotton, traditionally dyed dark blue, and also known asblue jeans. The wordjeansis an abbreviation ofjean fustian, from Middle EnglishGene(Genoa, Ge...
Elian is a Dutch diminutive variation of names beginning with Eli-, such as Elizabeth or Elijah. Pronounced as AY-lee-ahn. Esmé Esmé means “esteemed” or “loved” and pronounced as es-MAY (Dutch) or EZ-may (English). Esmé was first recorded in Scotland, being borne by the first ...
But he hasn’t taken into account the agility of the drow! Alvra is the first to react and with a well-aimed thrust, he sticks his sword into the leader’s side. The audience greets this defeat with boos and hisses. The orog grunts loudly and has to control his anger. “Fight is...
Several concepts and problems that are now standard in computer science were first identified by Dijkstra or bear names coined by him. As a foremost opponent of the mechanizing view of computing science, he refuted the use of the concepts of 'computer science' and 'software engineering' as ...
If male, you are uncircumcised, unless you are Muslim or Jewish. You were born in a hospital or at home (these are about equally likely) and were delivered by a midwife, general practitioner or gynecologist. Unless she had a cesarean, your mother did not take anesthesia during the deliver...
Luxembourg’s independence was affirmed in 1869. Following the death of William III of the Netherlands in 1890 without a male successor, the Grand Duchy fell to another branch of the House of Nassau. LEGACY Dutch relationships with most former colonies are amicable, but Dutch-Indonesian relations...
Results suggest that women are not underrepresented in dialogues and pictures but are backgrounded through male firstness. Female professional names appear less frequently than male names and women are described in gender typical roles, whereas men are not. This holds for both older (1974鈥 2009)...
aThe first Dutch landfall in Australia was not made until 1606, so that Magellanica was still filled with details drawn from the by then centuries-old stories of travelers like the Polos and Lodovico di Varthema; note Marco Polos 'Lucach; ‘Beach: and‘Maletur: Nevertheless, farther to ...
The First World War was the first war in history in which armored vehicles were used in significant numbers, by all sides. The Netherlands, as a neutral country, only observed from the sideline. However, in 1914, one Belgian armored car was interned when it crossed the Dutch border, ...
The separate names used for female nurses "kangofu" and male nurses "kangoshi", were unified in 2002 into "kangoshi". Certainly there is nothing that will separate people more, and nothing so easy to slip into. Is it easy to separate eggs, that is to separate the white part from the ...