Comments on: 10 Symbols Whose Origins Have Been Forgotten

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:50:34 +0000

Two mistakes that you have there. “Bless you” originated in France, when the black death plague began, one of the first symptoms was sneezing so people would say “Bless you” to that person hoping she or he will survive the plague. “OK” means 0 kills and originated in the US army. Platoon commanders would write on a piece of board the number of casualties they’ve suffered.
Take care

By: Niko

Niko — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:20:42 +0000

The origin of “Bless you” come from the medieval period during the black death when someone were to sneeze it would mean that they were dying so you would say bless you to bless them before their death..

By: Krystal Knight

Krystal Knight — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:03:20 +0000

Rochambeau..?? isn’t that a game where you kick each other in the grion until one succumbs to the pain?? just a guess

By: Flingebunt

Flingebunt — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:42:26 +0000

Rochambeau sounds a lot like the Asian variants on the name of the game (in Korean, Gowie, Bowie, Bo and the Chinese name is similar)

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:38:58 +0000

The salute comes from medieval knights who greeted higher ranking officals and authorities by raising the sallet and showing their eyes.

By: AmbiguousG

AmbiguousG — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:43:01 +0000

Fans of MST3K have a different interpretation of #2–you have to follow it with the words “It stinks!” (a reference to a season 3 ep when a pop singer does so in the film they make fun of–gives the ‘ok’ symbol to his producer with a sarcastic smile, then angrily says the words).

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:44:45 +0000

The two finger salute used by Churchill actually links back to ancient Druid symbology. Do some research and you will find Churchill was a Druid.

By: gekke henk

gekke henk — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:55:47 +0000

to salute comes from the Latin verb ‘salutare’ which means to salute.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:34:19 +0000

The theory about ‘OK’ that makes the most sense to me is that it’s actually from the Scots ‘Och aye’ – ‘Oh yes’.

By: Jannygm

Jannygm — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:18:24 +0000

I hate you!!! Haha, just kidding .