Amateur Etymologist

We were in the final year of Engineering and had joined a short term course for GRE. That was when our vocabulary blossomed exponentially, thanks to books like Norman Lewis and to a small extent the course itself. My close friend, an amazing character called Mr. Vivek used to be a part of the gang that attended the classes and he used to come with me in my bike. The classes were in the noon and the hot Chennai sun had no pity on us. One day I hadn't parked my bike in the shade and after the classes, when Vivek climbed and sat on it, he screamed - "PYROPYGIAN".

Lessons from Yahoo Messenger

iykerworld: hello
shreyas: hi..
iykerworld: how are u doing
iykerworld: i am paul by name
iykerworld: and u
shreyas: doing good and my name is shreyas
iykerworld: ok
iykerworld: so where are u from
shreyas: am from India
shreyas: wat abt u?
iykerworld: from nigeria
iykerworld: i am anetwork marketer
iykerworld: and u
shreyas: i'm an MBA student
iykerworld: waoo that is good
iykerworld: do u know about network marketing
shreyas: is it some kind of viral marketing or something..
shreyas: haven't heard abt it,,yet
shreyas: cud u elaborate?
iykerworld: well that is what the world is going into
iykerworld: and many are making money throught network marketing
shreyas: yeah now i can guess wat it is about it is like u go on growing a chain of network
shreyas: and the more people join ur network, the more you are rewarded
shreyas: guess it should be something like that
iykerworld: yes
iykerworld: but however not only that
iykerworld: it is also about heath
iykerworld: ur heath
BUZZ!!!
shreyas: heath?? wats that?
iykerworld: which is the most important thing in ones life
iykerworld: sorry
iykerworld: health
shreyas: are u meaning health
shreyas: oh ok
iykerworld: yes
shreyas: wats the connection??
iykerworld: ok
iykerworld: the product is for health and for using it and let people know about it
iykerworld: the company pay u for that
iykerworld: do u have ear phone
iykerworld: so that we can talk
shreyas: well no...sorry bt that
shreyas: dun hav one
iykerworld: ok
iykerworld: do u get my point now
shreyas: yeah yeah i get that...
iykerworld: so if u are intersted to network
iykerworld: i will give u the site
iykerworld: u will check if the company is in ur country
shreyas: k..cool
iykerworld: www.somesite.com /*Now don't try to visit the site*/
shreyas: you are doing this job quite nicely []
iykerworld: thanks
iykerworld: u can also check my sponser website from USA
shreyas: sure thing..
iykerworld: www.someothersite.com
iykerworld: check it and let me know ok
iykerworld: if u are interested
iykerworld: my sponser can call u on phone
shreyas: k sure...thanx
shreyas: gotta go now...
shreyas: bye
iykerworld: ok
iykerworld: so that mean u are not interested right


All this, while I wanted to pass time in Business Chat Room section of Y Msgr during vacation.