Thursday 28 March 2013

sandwich-wins in taste;wins in convenience;wins in story

NAMES AS WORDS:


BOUGAINVILLEA:
I have always expected big,interesting, even magical story behind the flower name bougainvillea  since my childhood.And it turned out that bougainvillea was named after the botanist who found it.Real honour to the botanist.About the flower, even after knowing the reason,the name is still charming.ThoughI felt a little like how I would feel when the movie for which I had high expectations flopped utterly.Anyone who wonders why Tupperware is called Tupperware?

SILHOUETTE:
The word silhouette comes from the name Étienne de Silhouette.From the name ,it is easy to guess that it is a French name.And anything more than that we can’t guess,we will have to know that  Étienne de Silhouette was a finance minister
 who had to impose heavy tax charges from the wealthy people due to an economic crisis.People were not obviously happy with his new plans that stood on the way of their luxury.Result:silhouette  became a name for anything that is cheap.It now actually refers to a painting that just shows the outline with the outlined part darkened,maybe because it took less work from a painter,it got its name silhouette.

SANDWICH:
I always liked  Sandwich and its name.The fact that it is also named after a person is not quite a story I expected.But the fact that sandwiches were prepared for a person who is so addicted in playing cards that he did not even want to get off the
table even for lunch has a great essence of a great story.
                                                            see u friends.

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