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| 1838 was the first time the word lorry appeared in english |
THIS is National Lorry Week, a celebration of lorries by the Road Haulage Association (www.rha.uk.net).
1. Eighty-five per cent of everything we buy, eat, wear and use is moved by a UK-registered lorry.
2. The word lorry was first seen in English in 1838 when it referred to the luggage truck on a train.
3. The Oxford English Dictionary says its etymology is obscure but it may be related to the dialect verb lurry, meaning to lug or drag along, which dates back to the 17th century.
4. The earliest record reference to a “lorry driver” was in 1926.
5. The amount of beer carried by UK lorries in a year would be enough to fill Wembley stadium.
6. In the US, lorries are called trucks which comes from the Greek word for wheel: trochos.
7. The first motorised lorry was built in 1896 by Gottlieb Daimler who also produced the first motorbike and the first taxi.
8. Peter Lorre (pronounced lorry) was the first actor to play a James Bond villain when he played Le Chiffre in a TV version of Casino Royale in 1954.
9. No film with lorry in the title has ever won an Oscar but Hugh Laurie’s father won a gold medal in the coxless pairs rowing at the 1948 Olympics...
10. ...and the film Moonstruck, which ends in “truck”, won three Oscars in 1988.
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