Did you know? -- The word NEWS is actuallly and acronym. What does it stand for?
 

Anyone?


Take a guess, no googling.

News comes from an alert that came from England that went around the world hundreds of years ago as a warning to people to: Never Eat Worcestershire Sauce

Ever since, news became synonymous with warnings/bulletins.

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Anyone else?

just googled, pretty cool :)

A folk etymology incorrectly suggests that it is an acronym of the cardinal directions: north, east, west, and south.

However, it became known as National Early Warning System to alert the masses to impending danger.

N-NORTH
E- EAST
W-WEST
S- SOUTH

:2 cents:

Didn't you know that "an" and "and" mean different things? Damned ignorant Canadians.

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One theory is that news was developed as a special use of the plural form of new in the 14th century. In Middle English, the equivalent word was newes, like the French nouvelles and the German neues. A somewhat similar development is found in at least three Slavic languages (Czech, Slovak and Polish), where there exists a word noviny ("news"), developed from the word nový ("new").

A folk etymology incorrectly suggests that it is an acronym of the cardinal directions: north, east, west, and south.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News#Etymology

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N = Never
E = Eat
W=Whore
S =Snatch

Best answer in the thread so far. :thumbsup

I'm not given to commiting such typos, and in this case I blame...well I'm not sure what to blame. The board? Yesterday it was nigh on impossible to type anything with any degree of accuracy as there was a delay of a few seconds. You'd start typing AND the letters wouldn't appear for several seconds. It was maddening.

Anyway thanks for your correction officer grammarcop.

Actually the answer I have before me is "North East West and South", as was the answer in yesterday's "tough trivia" question on local radio. Personally I always thought it was derived from the plural of the word new but the other answer of nat'l early warning system sounds plausible as well.

Interesting answers. - 10 points for googling though. :D

north east west south makes no sense, plural of "new" makes 10x more sense...