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A fact from List of common false etymologies of English words appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Latest comment: 11 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
Cool article, here are some other false etymologies I can think of. I don't have any reliable sources at the moment (although many of the articles themselves contain sourced references to the false etymologies which could simply be reused here) and I don't know if any of them are widespread enough to be mentioned so I'm simply adding them for your consideration:
Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Most of the etymologies listed are accurate, but there is no evidence that "snafu" derives from "status nominative." It's funny that a list of false etymologies should include a "correct" one that is spectacularly false.
Furthermore, there's little difference between "situation normal: all fucked up" and "situation nominal: all fucked up"; it doesn't really belong here. I have removed it. JeanLackE (talk) 21:33, 8 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
Wiki Education assignment: Linguistics in the Digital Age
Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 11 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Cagl05 (article contribs).
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Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Should Wi-Fi be added? It's commonly thought that it's short for "wireless fidelity," however Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi alliance and overseer of the committee which selected the name, says it means nothing. The IEEE claims it is short for "wireless fidelity." Is there enough evidence to add it to the article, or is it too controversial?
Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
"History does not derive from "His story" (that is, a version of the past from which the acts of women and girls are systemically excluded) but from the Greek word ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry."
The in-parentheses sentence is unnecessary and should be removed. Coltcatus (talk) 18:46, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply