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in reply to a message by Shay
"Arctic" is derived from "Arktos" meaning "bear" in Greek. "Arktikos" means "related to the Great Bear" (constellation), hence, "Northern" hence, as Shay noted, very very cold :)
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Interesting...
So all this cold is the bear's fault!
:)
more trivia:
"artik" is a Hebrew word for "popsicle". I assume it comes from "arctic", and I think the K sound in the middle was dropped because "arctic" is hard to say. At least *I* find it teeth-breaking.
I also say ANTARTICA indtead of ANTARCTICA.
So all this cold is the bear's fault!
:)
more trivia:
"artik" is a Hebrew word for "popsicle". I assume it comes from "arctic", and I think the K sound in the middle was dropped because "arctic" is hard to say. At least *I* find it teeth-breaking.
I also say ANTARTICA indtead of ANTARCTICA.
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Yikes! Keep that bear away from my popsicle!
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