A berserker was a fearsome Norse warrior who fought on the battlefield with barely controlled fury.Continue reading Berserk
EVS Translation Blog / Category: Word of the day
23 Aug /13
Greenland
The naming of Greenland might be viewed as a cautionary tale for advertising professionals.Continue reading Greenland
22 Aug /13
Moped
The word moped was introduced in Swedish by the journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 as a combination of motor and pedal.Continue reading Moped
21 Aug /13
Penicillin
In the 1870s the physicist Joseph Lister noted the existence of a type of mould, penicillin notatum.Continue reading Penicillin
20 Aug /13
Syphilis
Syphilis is an extremely unpleasant sexually transmitted disease which has been active since at least the start of the 1500s.Continue reading Syphilis
