I have decide to run an occasional series called “Trivial fact for today” starting with…
Trivial fact for today: No. 1 The word ‘Traffic’ entered English language in 1549 and comes from Arabic word taraffaqa, which means ‘to walk along slowly together’.
My thanks to Carlton Reid for making me aware of this.
Tuesday, 27th, September 2011 at 12:09
Or even a ‘good description’. It’s been one of those days: I even had to enter this comment twice…
Tuesday, 27th, September 2011 at 12:07
I guess if you substitute ‘drive’ for ‘walk’ you’ve got a good description of most roads in our cities on a weekday morning.