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      Thursday, May 11
    
    
     
    
      
	 mmm, Salty.
      
    
      
    Are you worth your salt?  I used that expression today and started wondering what it meant.  After a bit of digging, I learned that "the word salary evolved from the Latin word salarium, which meant 'money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt.'"
  Thanks Cobblestone & Cricket, whoever you are.
     
    posted by Brad at 5/11/2006 04:15:00 PM | permalink |
    
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