The word “muscle” comes from the the Latin mus (mouse) and cul (a diminutive suffix).  So a muscle was the little mouse that crawls beneath your skin when you flex.  Those old Romans must have been weak.  A mouse?  Really?  I call my guns the “caniscles,” from the Latin canis (dog).  Yeah, that’s right.  When I flex, a little dog runs up my arms under my skin…

Your salary may come in the mail, but originally it comes from the Latin adjective salarius, meaning pertaining to salt.  Roman soldiers used to receive a handful of salt everyday.  Eventually the salt was replaced with money, and the soldiers could go buy as much salt as they wanted.  Money is a good thing, especially with my high blood pressure.  If I just got handfuls of salt all the time, I probably would just quit working.  Especially considering the fact that I have big hands.  I would be getting way too much salt.

The German title “Kaiser,” meaning emperor, along with the Russian Czar, derives from the Latin Emperors’ title of Caesar, from Gaius Julius Caesar.  As for Caesar, I found this little tidbit kind of funny:  In elementary school-style attempts to humiliate and degrade Caesar, his political opponents publicly questioned his sexuality, often claiming he had a homosexual affair with Nicodemes IV of Bithynia.  Sometimes he was even referred to as the Queen of Bithynia.  That’s hilarious for so many reasons.  First, it’s hilarious to hear people slinging mud at arguably one of history’s most influential leaders  Second, it’s funny how nothing ever changes. Politicians will always have homosexual affairs.

I always see this mistake made in text books— the incorrect usage of either i.e. or e.g., when explaining things.  You should use i.e. when restating the idea.  You should use e.g. when giving an example.  In Latin, i.e. stands for id est which means “that is.”  E.g. is Latin for exempli gratia, basically “for example.”  I don’t want to misuse these words in any of my writings; e.g., essays, posts, forged doctors’ notes.  It can get confusing when combining other abbreviations and acronyms; e.g., i.e., E.T., B.E.T, etc., etc. This is confusing; i.e., none of this seems to make sense.