My fiance and I recently caved in and got cable for our apartment, so we've been watching random TV shows that we've never watched before. We have a game show channel and we were watching an old episode of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" The person had a question along the lines of: "What occupation comes from the Latin word meaning 'beard?'" They didn't provide the Latin word, but the answer was barber. I immediately looked up the word "beard" as soon as I heard the answer, and lo and behold, the word was "barba." If I had not ever touched Latin, I never would have been interested in looking that up. It's amazing what one class will do for you and your thinking and awareness...

Olivia