Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1920 — Ancients Used Slang. [ARTICLE]

Ancients Used Slang.

An ancient use of a modern slang MDom, was mentioned by T. BL Peet, tile lecturer in Egyptology at Manchester university, according to the Manchester Guardian. He said that the [ Egyptians always used the verb “to | do” in referring to a visit to a country just as an American today speaks of “doing” Paris or London. After thia it will not surprise us to learn that Hannibal considered his expeditions as nothing more than- “stunts” or that the Roman populace was rathsr annoyed when Julius Caesar was •MonaV