Indian author
Anu Garg (born April 5, 1967) is an American author, speaker, and columnist. He is the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community of wordlovers. He writes about language, words and their origins.
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For as long as I can recall, I enjoyed reading. I literally read books from cover to cover. Then I started wondering where words come from. Who made them up? Who said that that opening in a wall was to be called a window? Then I discovered that each word comes with a biography. These words have fascinating stories to tell, if only we take the time to listen. For example, the word window comes from Old Norse in which it meant wind's eye. How much more poetic can you get?
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