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Readers' Trivia Answers
April 22, 2000
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April 22, 2000
This Week's Question:
1. Why is someone who is not doing their job said to be "not worth his salt?
This answer was sent in by Timothy Guy
This one comes from Roman times, when soldiers used to be paid in salt - a valuable commodity at that time. The word 'salary' comes from sal, the Latin word for salt, so if someone is 'not worth their salt', it means they are not worth the salary they are paid.
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