BEHIND THE WORDS:

                                                          KANGAROO

                     This word was accidently created and the credit goes to the English explorers and the local natives of Australia. Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks were among the English explorers. They were amused to see that hopper kind of creature. So naturally, they asked the name of that new creature to the localites. And they promptly noted down what they said-Kangooroo. The beauty of this story is ‘kangooroo’ in the local language actually meant “I don’t understand” .It became kangaroo and  was accepted even by the localites later.

                             

                                                       

                                                           TAWDRY

                      St.Audry was an English princess who abdicated all the luxury. She wore chains around her neck. Then one day ,she had to depart from the Earth. Those who attended her funeral wore laces around their neck in memory of her. Soon the laces became popular in the market and the sellers were calling it as St.Audry’s lace. From what they used to call ,came the word tawdry and started to mean anything that is cheaper like the laces available in the market.