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Virtuous and Vicious
The word cycle comes to us from Ancient Greek’s kyklos, which meant a circle or a wheel.
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Third Time's the Charm
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!
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My Beautiful Selfish
“Leave your ego at the door.”
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Privates Surprise
Go back far enough, and the word private traces its way back to Latin, where privus meant something like of one’s own. A homo privus was a person who…
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Appetite for Deduction
Deduce this with me, if you dare.
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Apropos of Apropos
Apropos of nothing, I’m going to tell you a little about the word apropos today.
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To Zeus!
The ancient Greeks called their main god Zeus, but when the Romans crafted their own pantheon, they wanted new names for these gods.
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A Whole Lot
English is wild.
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Verse, Verses, and Versus
You start with a Latin word, as is so often the case.
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