The Word (radio) The Word (radio) The Word was a weekly half-hour radio programme on the BBC World Service about books and writers. Its final edition was in October 2008. Once a month its slot was taken over by "World Book Club", in which listeners submitted questions to a famous writer. Both programmes were presented by Harriett Gilbert. "World Book Club" continues to be broadcast once a month on Saturdays. "The Word" emerged from an earlier World Service book programme "Meridian Books" (which had several presenters, including Michael Rosen, Verity Sharp, and Rosemary Hartill,) as well as a poetry request programme, "Poems by
Name of Argentina Name of Argentina The name of Argentina (a Spanish adjective meaning "silvery"), traditionally called the Argentine in English, is ultimately derived from the Latin "argentum" "silver" and the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, the Latin "argentum" has its origin from the ancient Greek-Hellenic word "argyro(s)", άργυρο(ς) meaning silver. The first use of the name "Argentina" can be traced back to the first voyages made by the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors to the Río de la Plata (meaning "River of Silver"), in the first years of the 16th century. Aleixo Garcia, one of the survivors of the shipwrecked expedition mounted