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Originally Posted by slayda
ZP,
FYI (which is a madeup word, actually an acronym) the Roomba, while entertaining, is not a very good cleaner. It actually works better on non-carpeted floors than on carpet.
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well, none of my floors have carpet, so that's fine. and i'm sure it would do an excellent job of keeping things a bit less furry around here in between two thorough vacuumings.
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Another favorite is the word for Library, which, in English, is derived from Latin. Every other language that I have a passing familarity with derived their word for Library from Greek, e.g. biblioteca (Spanish, Portuguese, & Italian), Bibliothek (German), bibliothèque (French) & библиотек (Russian).
Greek - βιβλιοθήκη
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heh. we actually also have the word "librairie" : it means bookshop. and a "libraire" is a bookseller.
and book is "livre". of obvious origin.
