Names don’t always mean what you think they mean. Main Street in San Francisco is named after businessman Charles Main, and Snowflake, Arizona, honors two guys named Snow and Flake. Plus, big words for small people: A colorful new book introduces...
Scott in Madison, Wisconsin, is curious about the word invoice. It’s related to the English word envoy, and comes from French, envois, literally “things sent.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Invoice and Envoy” Hello, you have A...
agreemo n. a memorandum from one nation to another agreeing to the appointment of an ambassador or envoy. Etymological Note: Perhaps from agreement + memorandum. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
agreemo n.— «Prime Minister has announced the decision to appoint a High Commissioner.…Normally, with respect to other countries, we take four to six weeks to give the Agreemo which is inbuilt in the process since at several levels approvals have...
agremo n.— «The agremo’ of our Ambassador in Bangkok came after 4 months of sending his name from Kathmandu. Now, that he has been recalled again in such a short time, one doesn’t know how long the Thais are going to take to accept the name of our...
put in blue v.— «We are very close to an agreement on the Iraq resolution. A draft resolution is being put in blue for a probable vote by the Security Council tomorrow.» —“U.S. envoy to UN says Iraq vote likely Friday” by Patrick Connole in New...