Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: eponyms http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Barbara http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545/comment-page-1#comment-4159 Barbara Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:19:32 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545#comment-4159 I believe that Jumbo comes from the Swahili "jambo", which means hello. I believe that Jumbo comes from the Swahili “jambo”, which means hello.

]]> By: Susan http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545/comment-page-1#comment-4147 Susan Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:57:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545#comment-4147 I had an english teacher in high school who thought diarrhea was the one of the most beautiful sounding words we have. UGH! I had an english teacher in high school who thought diarrhea was the one of the most beautiful sounding words we have. UGH!

]]> By: Sheldon Siegel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545/comment-page-1#comment-4134 Sheldon Siegel Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2545#comment-4134 "One of my least favorite eponyms is named after Henry Shrapnel, the Englishman who designed the famous artillery shell. I’ve always thought it was one of the ugliest sounding words in our language" I remeber when I was a kid reading a list of what was supposed to be the most beatiful sounding words in the english language. #1 was gonnorrhea. “One of my least favorite eponyms is named after Henry Shrapnel, the Englishman who designed the famous artillery shell. I’ve always thought it was one of the ugliest sounding words in our language”

I remeber when I was a kid reading a list of what was supposed to be the most beatiful sounding words in the english language. #1 was gonnorrhea.

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