While watching the news yesterday, I was suddenly struck with an epiphany about the etymology of the word parliament.
A Parliament of Owls
While watching the news yesterday, I was suddenly struck with an epiphany about the etymology of the word parliament.
Marathon!
A fine word. Most of us know it as a noun, referring to a run of 26 miles, or 42.195 kilometres. It can also be an adverb of course, indicating that something took an exceptionally long time, as would be the case for most of us running a marathon. Politicians might have a marathon session in parliament to discuss a controversial proposed law. One could also use the noun in this way as well; for example: Continue reading