Etymologie - Wortherkunft

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Hab grad folgendes auf der Website der Universial Zulu Nation zum Thema Etymologie gelesen:

GOLF

In Scotland, a new game was invented.
It was entitled "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden". And thus the word "GOLF" entered into the English language.

FUCK

In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.

Honeymoon

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride`s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon.

Sleep tight

In Shakespeare`s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

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