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pnauhwar21
June 7th, 2003, 11:46 AM
MOPED is the short term for Motorised Pedaling

POP MUSIC is Popular Music shortened

BUS is the short term for Omnibus that means everybody

KD is a rough, quarrelsome, noisy man as referred in Indian Language.
But actually it is an English word meaning Known Deprecator

FORTNIGHT comes from Fourteen Nights (Two Weeks)

DRAWING ROOM was actually a withdrawing room where people withdrew
after Dinner. Later the prefix with was dropped.

NEWS refers to information from Four directions North, East, West and
South.

AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from Agricultural Marketing

JOURNAL is a diary that tells about Journey for a day during each Day
business.

QUEUE comes from Queens Quest. Long back a long row of people was
Waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queens Quest.

TIPS come from To Insure Prompt Service. In olden days to get Prompt
service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in Box on
which was written To Insure Prompt Service. This gave rise to the custom
of Tips.

JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World
War II (1939-1945). It was named General Purpose Vehicle (GP). GP was
changed into JEEP later.

jaatni
June 7th, 2003, 11:53 PM
hmm...nice info

akdabas
June 8th, 2003, 06:33 PM
Good info.

navingulia
June 8th, 2003, 06:49 PM
WOW
GREAT TO KNOW SO MUCH IN ONE GO

anoopsingh
June 8th, 2003, 08:21 PM
Prashant ji, very interesting informations.

sweet
June 19th, 2003, 10:17 PM
nice one,.............


cheers...............

yvsgaawar
June 19th, 2003, 10:47 PM
Rally Nice info. Prashant bhai. Keep working on new list.