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According to Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Greek physicians advanced the notion of four fluids or 'humors' in the body: phlegm, blood (sanguis in Latin), bile (chole in Greek), and black bile (melanchole in Greek). Do those sound like different personality types- especially sanguine and melanchole? I wonder who dubbed personality-types after bodily fluids? It seems kinda gross, yet it kinda makes sense- like earth/water/air/fire- a base thing. It's interesting to see what words have come to mean through the years!! Earlier today, I was thinking about on/off. It was getting dark out as I got back to campus (at 5p.m.!!), and the way was well-lit, except on the very-same block of campus, a sensor-triggered light went off when I walked through it's path. and by off, I mean OFF! I mean it was lit up, but then went dark. Maybe it was on a timer, not a sensor- - Either way, lights and sounds tend to go 'on' in actuality when they go 'off,' right? "The fire alarm went off when I was trying to sleep." See?