{"id":5472,"date":"2018-11-30T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/2018\/11\/30\/toll-the-word-of-the-month-for-november-2018\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T17:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:56:37","slug":"toll-the-word-of-the-month-for-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/de\/2018\/11\/30\/toll-the-word-of-the-month-for-november-2018","title":{"rendered":"TOLL: The Word of the Month for November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"18ef\">Definitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A toll:<\/strong> money paid to use a road or bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A death toll:<\/strong> the number of deaths caused by a war or disaster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Also: <\/em><br><strong>To toll:<\/strong> to sound a bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"d17b\">Tolls in the&nbsp;News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 11th, the bells&nbsp;<strong>tolled<\/strong>&nbsp;to mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bells tolled, but no one \u201clolled\u201d. With a&nbsp;<strong>death toll<\/strong>of 17 million people, it&#8217;s going to be a while until we can joke about this one.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"85e0\">Don\u2019t confuse &#8220;toll&#8221; with:<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewordofthemonth.com\/images\/wom\/troll.jpg\">Troll<\/a><\/strong>. Folkloric creature. Hides in caves, under bridges, or behind computer screens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stroll<\/strong>. A short walk. No toll currently, but the government is working on it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roll<\/strong>. Small loaf of bread. Goes well with butter, but so does everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"61fb\">Wars that took a toll<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Napoleonic Wars<\/strong>: 7M deaths.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewordofthemonth.com\/images\/wom\/napoleon.jpg\">5 feet of megalomania<\/a>&nbsp;is surprisingly efficient.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mongol Conquests<\/strong>: 30-40M. Genghis says: &#8220;Yes we Khan!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WWII<\/strong>: 85M. WTF?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WWIII<\/strong>: (???) 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