Comments on: English (on a ball, etc.)

By: jc

jc — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:41:05 +0000

where does ball derive from?

By: Aaed Kayal

Aaed Kayal — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:04:17 +0000

Also other languages is same , like arabic and hebrew , also many words in arabic and english close or same , but what came first or what is the origion , i really don’t know

By: phil

phil — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:06:43 +0000

Split those hairs, you smug jerks. “Hey, i’m gonna wake up before dawn and poo-poo someone’s work. Ooh, parlay-voo-fronsay, aren’t I cool!”

By: Holg

Holg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:31:55 +0000

And while we’re translating French: “Anglais” doesn’t mean “England” but “English”. “England” would be “Angleterre” in French.

By: Alfredo Boeira

Alfredo Boeira — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:01:07 +0000

Are you sure that the French “billard” comes from “bille” (piece of wood) and not from “bille” (little ball)? Anyway, the French word for the cue stick is “queue” (tail). Would it be possible that cue derives from this last word? AGB