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Words & Their Origins: #1

22 June

Warning: this short ramble includes numerous repetitions of the F word. You may not be old enough for it.

The elderly blind gentleman I read to on Tuesday afternoons mused aloud yesterday about where the word “fuck” comes from. Continue reading →

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