Changes

Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms (view source)

Revision as of 03:11, June 14, 2009

208 bytes added , 03:11, June 14, 2009

the term "diploma" seems to be an invention of atheistic sentiments of the Enlightenment, unrelated to scholarly achievement!

Line 1: Line 1: −

~~{{Essay}}~~

One can learn history simply by skimming a dictionary that has the origination of terms. But there are many surprises. Add to our growing list:

Line 11: Line 10:

|1798

|Wow: that's many years ''after'' it was added to the Constitution!

+

|-

+

|diploma

+

|1702

+

|The term "diploma" seems to be an invention of atheistic sentiments in the Enlightenment, and unrelated to scholarly achievement or even the development of the universities hundreds of years earlier

|-

|fission

Aschlafly

Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, apieditor, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators

126,393

edits