martes, julio 12, 2005
La historia de la palabra Nerd...
Where does the word "nerd" comes from?
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the word "nerd" first appeared in print in Dr. Seuss' book "If I Ran the Zoo" in 1950. "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo and bring back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo a Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!" "Nerd" next showed up in a 1957 newspaper column in the Sunday Mail that read: "Nerd -- a square, any explanation needed?" Its third printing (now "nurd") was in the 1970 edition of "Current Slang": "someone with...
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the word "nerd" first appeared in print in Dr. Seuss' book "If I Ran the Zoo" in 1950. "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo and bring back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo a Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!" "Nerd" next showed up in a 1957 newspaper column in the Sunday Mail that read: "Nerd -- a square, any explanation needed?" Its third printing (now "nurd") was in the 1970 edition of "Current Slang": "someone with...
// posted by James @ 10:15 p.m. 
