“The big boats get the glory, but the dinghy makes the sailor” This quote, from the movie “Wind”, is much loved by sailing aficionados the world over.Continue reading Dinghy
EVS Translation Blog / Category: – A-E
12 Sep /13
Boondocks
In his 1965 hit Billy Joel pleaded for the Lord to “have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks”.Continue reading Boondocks
9 Sep /13
Braille
Louis Braille, a young French boy, was playing with a sharp awl in his father’s workshop when it slipped and wounded his eye.Continue reading Braille
5 Sep /13
Dude
It is likely that the word dude originated from quite an old English word – dudde.Continue reading Dude
3 Sep /13
Algorithm
Over many centuries the central Asian state of Khwarezm gifted the world remarkable advances in the arts and sciences, one of which still bears its name today.Continue reading Algorithm
