Word Drops Quotes

“The surname Kennedy means ‘ugly-head’. [He topped a 2009 poll to be named the best-looking President in US history, but JFK’s surname is actually the Old Irish epithet ceannéidigh, derived from ceann, meaning ‘head’, and éidigh, meaning ‘ugly’.]”
― Paul Anthony Jones, Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities

“Panama hats originated in Ecuador.”
― Paul Anthony Jones, Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities

“Perhaps strangest of all, however, is this cure for insanity: Wiþ þon þe mon sie monaþ-seoc: nim mere swines fel. Wyrc to swipan. Swing mid þone man. Sona bið sel. Amen. [In case a man is a lunatic: take the skin of a dolphin. Make it into a whip. Swinge him with it. Soon he will be well. Amen.]]”
― Paul Anthony Jones, Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities