At the beginning of the 20th century, seeds companies in America started sending out catalogues to the farmers to advertise their goods. To spice up the catalogues, they would sprinkle jokes and cartoons throughout the pages. The jokes on the pages were of low quality, and the catalogues started to be known as "corn catalogue jokes", wich was then shortened to "corny", and eventually applied to all humour considered embarrassingly unsophisticated.
Sunday, 12 September 2010
ORIGIN OF THE WORD "CORNY"
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Look at the heart in the nose for around 10 seconds. Then look at a white or light wall blinking your eyes. You will be amazed. -
Many people think that this euphemism for dying comes from the last action of someone about to hang themselves, kicking away the bucket on w...
You should learn how to spell...just saying
ReplyDeleteOk anonimo, it was embarrassingly. I know how this word in particular is spelled , but I just didn't realise. Probably it happens more often than I think.
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And "cuality" should be "quality". But, thanks for an interesting post!
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