Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Interestingly Dull Factoid #5

Pyjama - where's that funny word come from , I hear you mutter.

Well like so many English words this was stolen from India. There have been quite a few words that have come from the good ol' days of the Raj my dear boy, ah the days of the Empire, shooting big game, wot wot.
Other such words being Dungaree, Bungalow, Loot and Dinghy.

Makes me wonder what the English language would of been like if it were not for the Romans, Danes, French etc.. (the list is huge) would a blog in English just be Ug, Ug Ug?