Posted on Jun 25, 2021

Surprising shared word etymologies - Daniel de Haas

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Interesting article.

Surprising shared word etymologies - Daniel de Haas

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

Posted 3 y ago

Fascinating. I even learned some new vocabulary here.
Sharing with my ESOL teacher buddies and my spouse.

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I believed it was fun, but done say I’m a bit of a nerd. :)

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SSG Samuel Kermon

Posted 3 y ago

Well, how about that? So if I adk someone what they would like to drink I am also asking them to name their poison. Very interesting.

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It appears so. I personally like "potable" water, because it always sounded like potty to me that didn't sound too drinkable.

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GySgt Thomas Vick

Posted 3 y ago

A little mind boggling if you ask me.

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A lot of names I don't know in there.

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Surprising shared word etymologies - Daniel de Haas

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