Thursday, January 8, 2009

Lexicology

The Fahrenheit temperature scale is named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, a German physicist, who proposed it in 1724. However, the word fahrenheit, literally means "go-ness," from "fahren," meaning to go or to travel and "heit," meaning "-ness." For example, Gesundheit means "health-ness."

What this has to do with anything I have absolultely no idea, and actually, since it's not a complaint maybe it shouldn't even be on this blog.

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