| Language Curiosities |
Sheriff came from Shire
Reeve. During early years of monarchial rule in England, each shire had a reeve who was
the law for that shire. When the term was brought to the United States it was shortned to
Sheriff. |
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"Corduroy" comes
from the French, "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king." |
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| The
word spaghetti comes from the Italian word spago, which means "cord." |
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