06-21-2017, 07:38 AM
(06-21-2017, 02:08 AM)Dill Wrote: The word "news" was in use before newspapers though.
I'm pretty sure it was a plural adjective that became nominalized in Middle English.
It was not an acronym for north east west south, and MOST DEFINITELY not for news events weather sports, or whatever that other option was.
Yeah, 14th century.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
