Sunday, 17th August, 2008

Kidnapper

Do you know where the word plagiarise comes from? I do, and it's very interesting:

plagiarize or plagiarise
v. take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.
- DERIVATIVES plagiarism n. plagiarist n. plagiaristic adj. plagiarizer n.
- ORIGIN C18 (earlier (C17) as plagiarism): from L. plagiarius 'kidnapper'.

I wrote that definition myself.

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Comments:
Nite Owl (on the day shift)

Do you know where the word patronising comes from? Sit down quietly, like a good boy & I will tell you.

17-Aug-2008 13:23
Nite Owl

You couldn't make it up #37

Postcard in my local Tesco:-

Renault Laguna 1998. 60,000 miles. Long M.O.T.

Lady owner Fully serviced.

21-Aug-2008 17:16
ukwheel

"Plagiarize,
Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes,
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize -
Only be sure always to call it please 'research'."

 Tom Lehrer - The Great Lobachevsky

05-Sep-2008 20:33
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