#783 Why do we say “hack writer” and “quack doctor”?
Why do we say “hack writer” and “quack doctor”? Hack comes from Hackney and quack comes from quacksalver, the Dutch for a seller of medicines. A hack has a negative…
Why do we say “hack writer” and “quack doctor”? Hack comes from Hackney and quack comes from quacksalver, the Dutch for a seller of medicines. A hack has a negative…
I learned this today. Paper tissues have been used for 1500 years in China, but the modern tissue was invented in 1924. Paper was invented in China in about 100…
I learned this today. Vellum is a material for writing on that is made from prepared animal skin. The document on the front of this article is the Magna Carta.…