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Hello – October 2007

Weather has always been with us, so is almost synonymous with time. The word weather comes from the Old English weder, from the Old Norse vethr. The Latin tempestas meant weather and also meant time, and words for time also came to mean weather in Irish and Polish. In fact, words for weather were [more…]

Hello – September 2007

In honour of Tony Blair’s replacement as PM in Britain, Mr Gordon Brown, I’ve had a look at the name Brown, the fifth most common name in Britain and the fourth most common in Australia.

It’s not surprising that it mostly refers to the colour – originally a person with brown hair or brown eyes. [more…]