Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Etymology for Breakfast!

FREELANCE: "Why is an independant writer, photographer, or the like called a 'free lance'?"
A medieval mercenary soldier who was free of any continuing loyalties was known as a "free companion". Sir Walter Scott in his novel, "Ivanhoe", coined the more descriptive term for such a soldier--"FREE LANCE"

6 Comments:

At 4:10 PM, Blogger Astrid said...

What does breakfast (see title of the post) have to do with this post?

 
At 4:10 PM, Blogger Astrid said...

What does breakfast (see title of the post) have to do with this post?

 
At 4:10 PM, Blogger Astrid said...

What does breakfast (see title of the post) have to do with this post?

 
At 4:10 PM, Blogger Astrid said...

What does breakfast (see title of the post) have to do with this post?

 
At 11:53 AM, Blogger traceofblistex said...

I was eating breakfast while I wrote it!!!

 
At 12:42 AM, Blogger Astrid said...

Ah, that explains!

 

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