Many experts uzman say soap was first produced by the Phoenicians Fenikeli about twenty-six-hundred years ago. The Phoenicians used it on wounds yara and to color their hair. The ancient Greeks, however, are believed to have been the first to use soap for cleaning.
By the ninth century, small businesses in Italy, Spain and France produced different kinds of soap. These small businesses did not become a large industry until the last century.
One English expression ifade is closely yakından linked bağlantılı to the soap-making industry in the United States. It is "soap opera."
"Soap operas" are radio and television plays oyun about the problems and emotions in human relationships. They are called soap operas, because the first programs, years ago, were paid for by soap-making companies.
Like musical operas, soap operas are not about real people. And critics eleştirmen charge itham etmek that they do not present ortaya koymak a balanced dengeli picture of real life. They note belirtmek that almost everyone in a soap opera has a serious emotional problem, or is guilty suçlu of a crime. And there are several crises kriz in every half hour program.
Yet, soap opera fans do not care önem vermek what the critics say. They love the programs and watch mem every day.
Such loyalty sadakat made soap operas very popular in the United States. In fact, a few programs are so popular that they have been produced with the same actors for many years.
Another expression that uses the word soap is "soap box." There was a time when soap and other products were shipped nakletmek in wooden tahta boxes. These boxes were small, but strong. You could stand on one to see over the heads in a crowd.. .or to be seen in a crowd. Soap boxes were a simple, easy way to make yourself taller if you wanted to give a public speech.
Such "soap-box"speeches konuşma usually were political, and one-sided tek taraflı. The speakers shouted their ideas to anyone who walked by yanından geçip gitmek. Many talked for hours, refusing to get off inmek their soapboxes.
Today, you don't need a wooden box to make a soap-box speech. Anyone, anywhere, who talks endlessly durmaksızın about a cause is said to be on a soap box.
Another, quieter way to win support destek or gain elde etmek influence etki is to "soft soap" a person. This means to use praise övgü or other kind words to get the person to do what you want.