#Etymology | #Origins of the Term 'Goodbye'

'The first documented use of the “Godbwye” appeared in a letter English writer and scholar Gabriel Harvey wrote in 1573. In it, he wrote, “To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes.”'

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/01/where-the-term-goodbye-comes-from/

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1. Image source: "Hasta la vista memes," (Parry the Platypus Blog)

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Some people say it dates back to when square-riggers had three masts, each with three yards supporting the sails, so the whole nine yards meant the sails were fully set.

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Robbing the soil, 2: ‘Systematic theft of communal property’

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2021/08/30/robbing-the-soil-2-systematic-theft-of-communal-property/

#Origins of #capitalist #agriculture: In two great waves of #social #change, #landlords and capitalist #farmers “conquered the field for capitalist agriculture, #incorporated the #soil into #capital, and created for the #urban #industries the necessary supplies of #free and #rightless #proletarians.”

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"After a year of lockdown, museums, libraries and bookstores across America are reopening. This cultural reawakening’s beginning coincided with both the Juneteenth holiday and the one-year anniversary of the one of the largest protests in American history against racial injustice. As bookstores reopen, many are organizing displays of children's books that celebrate Black history. What you won’t find in even the biggest collections of books is the story of the dark-skinned early people who launched human civilization."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-evolution-and-the-science-of-human-origins/

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