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OP My Latin students and I have been working on Latin phrases and recently defined stupor mundi as "wonder of the world". In a brilliant flash of insight, one of my students asked if the English word "wow" was actually an acronym for Wonder Of the World. What is the derivation of "wow"?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted WOW polycarp 01/21/03 06:46 PM Re: WOW AnnaStrophic 01/21/03 11:29 PM WOW vs. POW plutarch 01/22/03 03:43 AM Re: WOW vs. POW RhubarbCommando 01/22/03 12:39 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/22/03 01:04 PM Re: WOW vs. POW RhubarbCommando 01/22/03 01:19 PM Re: WOW wow 01/22/03 03:35 PM
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