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Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 19, 2011akimbo \uh-KIM-boh\, adjective: With hand on hip and elbow bent outward. With yards akimbo, she says unto him scornfully, as the old beldam said to the little dwarf: - "Help yourself. Which kind of sounds like he's going to stand in the middle of the path, arms akimbo, to prevent bikes from going through. Akimbo is the descendent of the Middle English kenebowe, which itself is a modification of the Old Norse i keng boginn, both meaning "bent into a crook." | |||||||||
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  Why do we use capital and lower case letters, and how did both types come to be?Capitalization rules tend to vary by language and can be quite complicated.� It is widely understood that the first word of a sentence and all proper nouns are always capitalized. However, what is not so clear is the origin of the upper case distinction that has become common practice, especially in regards to Modern English.... | |||||||||
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