History Schmistory: January 28. “Dear Horace, I just had a happy accident.”
Saturday, January 28, 2017
1754: The first use of the word “serendipity” in the English language is noted in a letter from Horace Walpole to Horace Mann. A letter between Horaces! Walpole said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of”. Mann convinced Walpole to truncate the fledgling term from the original; “Serendipity-doo-dah.”
Serendipity by Nila Sivatheesan, April 7, 2014 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.
MarcoWord (French): Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (French): Joyeux Noël. Merry Christmas. “Joyeux Noël, my French friend. Whoa, change one letter and ‘French friend’ looks like ‘French Fried!’ Cool!”
Grocerymania, Joyeux Noel Metro 1960, via flick, creative commons contribution
MarcoWord (German): Fröhliche Weihnachten (Merry Christmas)
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (German): Fröhliche Weihnachten. Merry Christmas. “Fröhliche Weihnachten! Can I pay in Euros?”
Today’s MarcoWord (Indonesian): Selamat Hari Natal (Merry Christmas)
Monday, December 19, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (Indonesian): Selamat Hari Natal. Merry Christmas. “Selamat Hari Natal, fellow Indonesioners!”
Today’s MarcoWord (Croatian): Sretan Bozic (Merry Christmas)
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (Croatian): Sretan Bozic. Merry Christmas. “Sretan Bozic! You think Christmas in Zadar is huge–you should check out Dubrovnik!”
Today’s MarcoWord (Arabic): I’d Miilad said oua sana saida (Merry Christmas)
Friday, December 16, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (Arabic): I’d Miilad said oua sana saida. Merry Christmas. “I’d Miilad said oua sana saida! Any luck finding a Christmas tree out here in the desert? “
MarcoWord (Italian): Buon Natale (Merry Christmas)
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Or ‘Buone Feste!’ (Happy Holidays!)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/The_Colosseum_during_Christmas.jpg
MarcoWord (Finnish): Hyvaa joulua (Merry Christmas)
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (Finnish): Hyvaa joulua. Merry Christmas. “Hyvaa joulua! Finland, Finland, Finland, that the country for me; pony trekking or camping, or just watching TV. ”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve#/media/File:Julaftonen_by_Carl_Larsson_1904_edit.jpg
Today’s MarcoWord (Danish): Glædelig Jul (Merry Christmas)
Friday, December 9, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (Danish): Glædelig Jul. Merry Christmas. “Glædelig Jul! Let’s have a sweet flat pastry thingy for Christmas breakfast.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Johansen_Viggo_-_Radosne_Bo%C5%BCe_Narodzenie.jpg
MarcoWord (Greek): Kala Christouyenna! (Merry Christmas)
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Today’s MarcoWord (Greek): Kala Christouyenna!. Merry Christmas. “Kala Christouyenna!! Did you know the “X” in Xmas comes from the Greek letter “chi” which represents ‘Christ?’ Well, it does :-)!”
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/ParthenonNight.jpg
