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Post by althea on Sept 28, 2021 9:45:27 GMT
QI: ‘Buccaneer’ originally meant ‘one who barbeques’ from ‘boucanier’ – a 17th century French word for runaway sailors who lived in the forests of Haiti and cooked their meat on a boucan - a kind of Brazilian wooden barbecue.
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Post by aubrey on Sept 28, 2021 13:45:57 GMT
One of Greta Thunberg's middle names is Tintin.
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Post by ARENA on Sept 28, 2021 15:24:54 GMT
The Bank of England was founded in 1694 by Scotsman William Paterson
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Post by althea on Jan 10, 2024 16:45:28 GMT
The word curfew comes from the French couvre-feu. It stems from the time when people weren't allowed out after a certain time due to fear of fires starting.
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