ISO Paper Sizes Standard Overview & Rationale. The ISO paper size A standard is based on each size being half of the size of the previous one, when folded parallel to the shorter lengths.
Whatever the origin of the term, barbeque, barbecue, or BBQ in the United States has come to mean anything from slow cooking with heat and smoke (the traditional way), to grilling over an open fire, to the gathering itself where grilled or smoked meat is served.he Oxford English Dictionary states that the word barbeque was derived from the Spanish word barbacoa which itself was taken from a Haitian word barbacoa, meaning a framework of sticks set upon posts..
The word arse in English derives from the Germanic root -arsaz, which originated from the Proto-Indo-European root -ors, meaning buttocks or backside. The combined form arsehole is first attested from 1500 in its literal use to refer to the anus. The metaphorical use of the word to refer to the worst place in a region (e.g., the arsehole of the world), is first attested in print in 1865; the use to refer to a contemptible person is first attested in 1933.