[1] FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).
[2] POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.
[3] MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.
[4] BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
[5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..
[6] NEWS refers to information from Four directions
N, E, W, and S.
[2] POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.
[3] MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.
[4] BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
[5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..
[6] NEWS refers to information from Four directions
N, E, W, and S.
[7] QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest..
[8] JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.
[9] TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.
[10] JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'. GP was changed into JEEP later.
[11] The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
[12] If you SNEEZE too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. So good to bless the sneezing person.
[8] JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.
[9] TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.
[10] JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'. GP was changed into JEEP later.
[11] The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
[12] If you SNEEZE too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. So good to bless the sneezing person.
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