| ??? 03/17/10 23:25 Read: times |
#174254 - 1776 Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Steve M. Taylor said:
I wonder where the etymology split ? Well, "shop" must have been standard as the name for a retail outlet back in 1776 when Adam Smith pronounced us "a nation of shopkeepers" - not "storekeepers"...?! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_shopkeepers |
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| actualy Joe | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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