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Were you taken in by any April Fool’s Day pranks today?
There were certainly a few being dished out around our office this morning, which got us thinking about the origins of this most mischievous of days.
According to most sources, the modern embodiment of April Fool’s Day derives from an ancient Tongan religious festival [more…]
Words, just like us, come from families. Some are related to each other and have ancient ancestors.
It’s not always an obvious relationship. For instance, the words free and friend both came from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’.
You wouldn’t think there was a connection between biscuit, precocious and concoct but they all come from [more…]
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