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North. East. West. South. !
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That's what I learnt the origin of the word was.
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My English teacher was dead serious when she told me that too
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The odd and doubtful construction probably accounts for the absurd folk-etymology (attested by 1640 but originally, and in 18c. usually, in jest-books) that claims it to be an abbreviation of north east south west, as though "information from all quarters of the compass."
To be fair to her, its an old myth
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That's what I figured it was when I was a kid. Same letters as the compass rose, information from around the world.
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