I've not checked it ahhht in ages! I've had plenty of check it ahhhts but I keep forgetting them, due, mostly, to the nature of the activity I tend to be involving myself with when they are suggested. Here is one of my own:
On the side of a pizza box, I read a phrase which led me to believe that there were no artificial ingredients, in Dutch. Although my Dutch sucks far worse than it should, investigating (or checking ahhht) language similarities or differences is one of my favourite games.
I assessed that kunstmatige must mean artificial. Then I thought: Hmm...kunst is art! I knew that one! And then I thought: Wahey! Art is at the beginning of artificial! What a coincidence!
...and then I thought: Hmm...what does artificial really mean?
From the Online etymology dictionary, I got this:
"...artificial, from L. artificialis "of or belonging to art," from artificium (see artifice). Meaning "made by man" (opposite of natural) is from early 15c. Applied to things that are not natural..."
So, fair enough really. I checked it ahhht and it checked ahhht. It is no coincidence that 'kunstmatige' contains 'kunst' = 'art', also contained within the translation 'artificial'. Tidy.
