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Posted by Bob on June 24, 2003
In Reply to: NEWS posted by Antonio on June 24, 2003
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: Need to verify .
: The word, term 'news', was it derived from court jesters announcing, "tidings from the North- East - West and South. ?
No. Just the reports of items that are new.
People love to invent "folk etymologies," fanciful derivations of
words, particularly if they can "invent" an acronym after the fact
that seems plausible. News, golf, posh, and many other words have
been "explained" by such inventions. It's sometimes difficult to
separate fact from fiction here, because there have, indeed, been
many words created from acronyms, such as "radar."
