NAMES AS WORDS:
SANDWICH:
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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