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Etymology

A collection of 3 posts

culture

Lines of Type

The old type of printing-press is gone — but the lines they made us say are still very much around You press a button on the keyboard, and a metal block of the corresponding letter automatic...

  • Badri Sunderarajan
    Badri Sunderarajan
Etymology

Defining Planets

First there were six. Then there were nine. And then there were eight. Now, are there 110? The English word “planet’ has been in use for centuries. It was being used in the time of Old Engli...

  • Badri Sunderarajan
    Badri Sunderarajan
Eating

Types of Pasta

There are hundreds of different kinds of pasta — you’ll never be able to remember all of them! — but they’re all made from the same basic ingredients: 100% durum wheat, and water. More flavo...

  • Badri Sunderarajan
    Badri Sunderarajan
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